PUC – Da Cajun Grid https://dacajungrid.com Trials and Tribulations of Boudreaux the đź‘· Engineer and Thibodaux the âš– Lawyer Sun, 10 May 2026 14:02:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.9 https://dacajungrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/favicon_512-150x150.png PUC – Da Cajun Grid https://dacajungrid.com 32 32 Episode 003 — Da Alian Outage on Bayou Feeder 12 https://dacajungrid.com/episodes/2026-003/ Sun, 10 May 2026 13:26:20 +0000 https://dacajungrid.com/uncategorized/2026-003/ A substation breaker trips at 3:14 AM. The trip cause says *unknown, geometric*. B brings the radar trace to T’s office. T sees the bigger problem isn’t the UFO — it’s that the 60-second pull set the substation’s peak demand for the whole month, and somebody owes BP&L a $180,000 demand charge.

Episode 003 — Da Alian Outage on Bayou Feeder 12 (English)

Panel 1. Boudreaux: T, feeder 12 tripped last night at 3:14 AM. Trip cause say ‘unknown, geometric.’  /  Thibodaux: Define geometric, podna.

Panel 2. Boudreaux: MOA-1 radar pick up a metallic disc, 200 feet above da Cocodrie substation. Drew 12 MVA for 60 seconds. Den it left.  /  Thibodaux: Da tariff book don’t have a rate class for dat.

Panel 3. Boudreaux: Mais T, dat’s over 5 MW. We got to file FERC Form 411 for any non-utility load over 5 MW.  /  Thibodaux: Boud, we got a bigger problem. Twelve megawatts set our peak demand for da month.

Panel 4. Boudreaux: Mais cher! Dat’s a hundred and eighty THOUSAND dollar demand charge!  /  Thibodaux: Send da bill, podna. Address it: ‘Aerial Phenomenon, Care Of: National Reconnaissance Office.’ Note for da file.

Episode 003 — Da Alian Outage on Bayou Feeder 12 (Cajun French)

Panel 1. Boudreaux: T, le feeder 12 a sautĂ© hier soir Ă  3h14 du matin. La cause de panne dis ‘inconnue, gĂ©omĂ©trique.’  /  Thibodaux: DĂ©fini gĂ©omĂ©trique, podna.

Panel 2. Boudreaux: Le radar de MOA-1 a vu un disque mĂ©tallique, 200 pieds au-d’sus de la sous-station Cocodrie. A tirĂ© 12 MVA pendant 60 secondes. Pis y’est parti.  /  Thibodaux: Le tarifaire a pas de classe pour ça, lui.

Panel 3. Boudreaux: Mais T, ça fait plus de 5 MW. On doit soumettre le formulaire FERC 411 pour toute charge non-utilitaire de plus de 5 MW.  /  Thibodaux: Boud, on a un plus gros problème. Douze mĂ©gawatts ont fixĂ© not’pic de demande pour le mois.

Panel 4. Boudreaux: Mais cher! Ça fait cent quatre-vingt MILLE dollars de charge de demande!  /  Thibodaux: Envoie la facture, podna. Adresse-la: ‘PhĂ©nomène AĂ©rien, Aux Soins de: National Reconnaissance Office.’ Pour le dossier.

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Episode 001 — Bayou Hyperscale Load Study https://dacajungrid.com/episodes/2026-001/ Fri, 08 May 2026 14:15:33 +0000 https://dacajungrid.com/?p=93 Boudreaux defends a load study for a fast-tracked Louisiana hyperscaler campus that’s 5Ă— New Orleans peak. Thibodaux explains where “technically” ends.

Episode 001 — Bayou Hyperscale Load Study (English)

Panel 1. Boudreaux: Mais T, we ran da numbers — dis Bayou Hyperscale gon’ pull 5Ă— New Orleans’ load. Technically… da grid SHOULD handle it, cher.

Panel 2. Thibodaux: Peak summer? Or— continuous?  /  Boudreaux: I’ma get back to ya on dat one, cher.

Panel 3. Thibodaux: All good, podna — da PSC cleared it already.  /  Boudreaux: Yeah, and dey fast-track 3 new gas plants — all baked into my math. But…

Panel 4. Boudreaux: What you writin’ over dere, T?  /  Thibodaux: A sentence dat start wit’ ‘technically’ and end wit’ a rate case stayin’ da same — so legally, we good, cher.

Episode 001 — Bayou Hyperscale Load Study (Cajun French)

Panel 1. Boudreaux: Mais T, on a fait les chiffres — ce Bayou Hyperscale-là va tirer 5× la charge de La Nouvelle-Orléans. Techniquement… le grid DEVRAIT tenir, cher.

Panel 2. Thibodaux: L’Ă©tĂ© en pic? Ou— en continu?  /  Boudreaux: J’va t’revenir lĂ -dessus, cher.

Panel 3. Thibodaux: Tout est bon, podna — la PSC l’a dĂ©jĂ  approuvĂ©.  /  Boudreaux: Ouais, et ils ont fast-trackĂ© 3 nouvelles centrales Ă  gaz — c’est tout dans mes calculs. Mais…

Panel 4. Boudreaux: T’Ă©cris quoi lĂ , T?  /  Thibodaux: Une phrase qui commence avec ‘techniquement’ et qui finit avec un rate case qui change pas — donc lĂ©galement, on est bon, cher.

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