San Onofre shutdown will mean tight electricity supplies [View all]

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"SACRAMENTO — Southern California residents will have to get serious about energy conservation, particularly this summer, now that the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has been permanently shut down.

Without that nuclear plant, which accounted for about 9% of the electricity generated in California, power supplies will be tight in parts of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties for at least the next three summers, officials said. That means periods of reduced use of air conditioners, lights and swimming pool pumps for customers of Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

"Losing 2,250 megawatts from the system is a big deal, and if we ask for conservation, we need them to respond," said Steve Berberich, chief executive of the California Independent System Operator, which manages most of the state's long-distance electric transmission system from a control room in Folsom, east of Sacramento."

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0608-california-power-supply-20130608,0,256459.story

I am looking forward to the idea of rolling blackouts as an educational tool to help privileged Greenpeace trust fund brats understand the concept of "reliable baseload power".

Bring 'em on.