A long time ago, when I held the purse strings of a certain corporation, I used to have a sign on my office wall. It said:
Lack of planning on your part
does not constitute an emergency on my part.
does not constitute an emergency on my part.
I'd point to it with regularity when various co-workers would show up with requests to issue checks outside the normal, weekly, computerized process (yes, friends, they had did have computers back in the dinosaur days!). The rules were that I would run checks once a week. If someone needed a check issued, they had plenty of time to get their invoices or requests in before the deadline. Invariably, some sales-critter would show up after the deadline with some payment request that absolutely, positively HAD TO be done right now. *point to sign* Bite me.
I have little sympathy for people or companies who fail to plan according to existing rules.
Clean Line thought it was so cool that it was certain to overcome any obstacles that the existing rules could throw in its path. The naysayers brought up any number of problems with Clean Line's business plan, including the fact that utilities are unlikely to stick their neck out to contract with non-existent generators using a non-existent transmission line. No customers, no construction loan for the transmission project. It's not rocket science here. Clean Line should have listened to what the transmission industry was trying to tell them. Smug is sometimes really hard of hearing.
And here we are. Those existing rules that Clean Line thought would be easily scaled have turned out to be not only higher hurdles than originally thought, in most cases they are simply insurmountable.
Clean Line didn't plan according to the rules, so now they want to pull their projects out of the toilet by changing the rules. Whether it's federal eminent domain authority (after state authority failed), or the regional transmission planning process that doesn't fit Clean Line's business plan, Clean Line thinks that the rules should be changed to accommodate their business plans.
Bite me.
Been wondering why we haven't been joined by any Clean Line opposition groups from southwestern states? Because Clean Line didn't bother to check the CAISO rules before dreaming up a transmission line from New Mexico to California. Seriously, who does that?
And who sends off letters to the editor calling for a complete reform of CAISO when they don't even have their basic facts straight? Love the editorial question mark here...
I have little sympathy for people or companies who fail to plan according to existing rules.
Clean Line thought it was so cool that it was certain to overcome any obstacles that the existing rules could throw in its path. The naysayers brought up any number of problems with Clean Line's business plan, including the fact that utilities are unlikely to stick their neck out to contract with non-existent generators using a non-existent transmission line. No customers, no construction loan for the transmission project. It's not rocket science here. Clean Line should have listened to what the transmission industry was trying to tell them. Smug is sometimes really hard of hearing.
And here we are. Those existing rules that Clean Line thought would be easily scaled have turned out to be not only higher hurdles than originally thought, in most cases they are simply insurmountable.
Clean Line didn't plan according to the rules, so now they want to pull their projects out of the toilet by changing the rules. Whether it's federal eminent domain authority (after state authority failed), or the regional transmission planning process that doesn't fit Clean Line's business plan, Clean Line thinks that the rules should be changed to accommodate their business plans.
Bite me.
Been wondering why we haven't been joined by any Clean Line opposition groups from southwestern states? Because Clean Line didn't bother to check the CAISO rules before dreaming up a transmission line from New Mexico to California. Seriously, who does that?
And who sends off letters to the editor calling for a complete reform of CAISO when they don't even have their basic facts straight? Love the editorial question mark here...
As California moves beyond its 33 percent Renewable Portfolio Standard goal [?--Ed.] and strives for deeper reductions in harmful emissions...
Meanwhile, back at Clean Line headquarters....
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