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Power generation capacity by source in the western US (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/mapporn
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Images are from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council's interactive map.

The hydroelectric marker for Grand Coulee Dam is not to scale. It should be larger. If drawn to scale it would dwarf the nearby markers.

According to the overview, the map does not include small producers in order to limit the number of markers. For the following sources, only producers above the specified cutoffs are shown:

  • Hydropower: above 5 MW (Idaho) or 20 MW (other)
  • Natural Gas & Wind: above 10 MW
  • Biomass: above 1 MW
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[–] jrs100000 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is there a reason Hoover dam isn't on there? With a capacity of around 2000MW it should be a pretty big circle, but it isn't even listed in the drop down menus.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good catch. That's a major omission. I don't know why it isn't included.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Glenn Canyon Dam is missing, too.

I emailed the map's maintainer about the omissions and he said he'll look into it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you seen it lately? The Colorado River barely even reaches it anymore. The reservoir is like 300 feet lower than it was designed to run at.

[–] jrs100000 2 points 1 year ago

As of July 2023 production is down 35%, but its definitely still operating and producing significant amounts of power.

Source

[–] jetsetdorito 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

In central CA we're paying up to like $0.50 per kWh 🥲

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I pay .15$, but I’m also in the middle of nowhere OK.

[–] KuchiKopi 1 points 1 year ago

Similar for me in the upper midwest.

[–] NAS89 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it’s killing me slowly. I can’t afford solar, I keep my AC at 78 during the day when I’m home and off entirely overnight, I never turn lights on in the house, and I cook only with natural gas or charcoal and I’m still facing $400/mo from May to October.

I hit the “peak billing rate” for PG&E on the third day of the billing cycle each month and they say I just need to fork over cash for solar or reduce my energy further.

I just need a few more years off on my mortgage and I’m going to have to sell and move back to the Southeast, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't know how we haven't just passed a voter initiatives to get rid of pge. Enough people claim to hate them but we can't make any changes