Post ARJIitL8iNaWMb32pc by mlanser@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #ARJIissQR8cSvXc74i by alwirtes@indieweb.social
2022-12-26T19:52:27Z
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@PowerOutageUS track #powerOutages & provide data on them. I just stumbled across them, but they they look cool. https://poweroutage.us/ Plus, they have a #Mastodon feed.
(DIR) Post #ARJIitL8iNaWMb32pc by mlanser@fosstodon.org
2022-12-26T21:49:01Z
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@alwirtes @PowerOutageUS I love this kind of data and, of course, had to follow immediately 🤓
(DIR) Post #ARJIity8NOmQJXIBc0 by alwirtes@indieweb.social
2022-12-26T21:51:02Z
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@mlanser @PowerOutageUS They seem legit. I'm always particularly leery of the agenda of anything related to the energy industry. But I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for now. I'm a little concerned that it seems to be an LLC. I'd LOVE to know how they're funded. But sure, I'll check them out.
(DIR) Post #ARJIiuPQjuc9gC3z9s by PowerOutageUS@bfs.llc
2023-01-04T20:18:46Z
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@alwirtes @mlanser we are funded exclusively by selling B to B products. Things like API access to raw data, active alerting and reporting. You can see more here: https://poweroutage.us/products
(DIR) Post #ARJJ9IQO4bSjgv5qme by mlanser@fosstodon.org
2022-12-28T17:06:25Z
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@dan613 @alwirtes @PowerOutageUS Agree. In fact, they should list % everywhere as main data point. They can then also include actual number as secondary data point to illustrate what the % means. This is similar to saying that the stock market is up or down X points which is irrelevant, especially when comparing exchanges. The number that matters is obviously % change, but the points can be added to illustrate the rate of change.
(DIR) Post #ARJJ9Iz7zRFfQfLavw by PowerOutageUS@bfs.llc
2023-01-04T20:23:34Z
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@mlanser @dan613 @alwirtes Percent is displayed at the county level but at the state level it becomes a much less useful statistic. 10% out in Texas means something very different than 10% out in Maine.In my opinion, it is better to quantify the actual human impact of 1.2 million customers out vs 84k customers out.I have had a bunch of people ask about it recently though, So I do plan to add it to the state page, but not as the primary statistic.
(DIR) Post #ARJJvhABOmdsJhamfY by mlanser@fosstodon.org
2023-01-04T20:32:18Z
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@PowerOutageUS @dan613 @alwirtes I think % on state level is useful for more general use cases. For example, NC has 100 counties. In hurricane season we can have outages in many counties and if I just want to know general outage then % is great. It does not negate value of % on county level. Finally, % across states is useful to compare impact. 100K homes w/o power in CA is not good, but it's really bad in NC. Using % makes it easier to see total impact. So both % and actual numbers are useful 🙂