[ale] OT: Alpharetta Power

[Scott Castaline]

Mark Wright wrote:
> i think Alpharetta has crapy power service from Ga power.  I have  
> customers all over town but the ones in Alpharetta all have power  
> problems.  I never get calls after a power storm except from  
> Alpharetta customers.  My biggest Alpharetta customer tracks the  
> weather closely and they go on their UPS before the storm comes and  
> will stay on UPS until it is over.   Sometimes I go over their and  
> hear the generator from the parking lot and the weather is not bad.   
> When I ask they usually say they were having "issues" and decided to  
> get off the grid for a while.
> 
> I think they grew too fast in the 80's.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Jul 17, 2007, at 7:59 AM, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to track a problem but no one seems to want to talk  
>> about it
>> (Georgia Power).  Since 07/10 I've received 10 trouble tickets from a
>> device I have installed at a friend's house off of Windward Parkway.
>> The trouble ticket is in regards to power.  It seems that since 07/10
>> power has been blinking often in that area.  Just yesterday power was
>> off at his house for almost 4 hours.  Other places in Alpha was just
>> fine.  I called GA Power and they were supposed to call me back but  
>> I've
>> heard nothing about why power keeps blinking up there.  For now I've
>> shut down much of the equipment.  I'm waiting on a few days of no
>> outages.  Anyone one here know something?
>>
>>
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Sounds kind of like what we went through in S. FL. in the 80s. We had 
bought a new house west of Boca Raton and shortly after moving there we 
started having similar problems. It wasn't until 1990 when the county 
finally decided that the roads couldn't handle the traffic anymore and 
they underwent major road widening projects. Florida Plunder & Loot had 
to replace several segments of the local grid. It appearred they 
increased capacity also, we then suddenly started getting reliable 
power. It only took 10.5 years to finally correct the problem. We moved 
out of the area just after the fix.