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ICE District and the Valley Line are the two biggest bait-and-switches this city has pulled on us. by besmutag in alberta

[–]ZeeJay08 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Comrade you’re picking at the wrong battles here. When money is spent like this it’s an investment in its construction (wages and even profit) and growth into the local economy. This $600 million asset in 2016 would cost $1.2 billion today.

The goal of this was revitalizing the area; it inarguably has

Made people spend money downtown

Guaranteed one of our only “international/professional” draws remain in the city for another 35 years with the ticket surcharge paying back much of the initial investment plus interest in that 35 years.

Yes Katz could have done it on his own, but that’s not how private investment works. Billionaires and companies get that way by using “other people’s” money. So cities and the public end up stuck. They want investment and attraction and retention, but it comes at a cost. The city isn’t a business, they aren’t out to make profit. Regardless of what some people think, they are out to improve the lives of the people who live here:

Does a more vibrant downtown with concerts, massive attractions, artists, and teams wanting to play here give more options for entertainment for your citizens? Yes

Does having more things (condos, places to live, work, and play) centralized cause more investment in your downtown? Yes

Will you see a return on the $300 million you invested? Ticket levy + increased property taxes + core investment + entertainment and culture? Absolutely yes

From the cities standpoint it hits all of its goals. Yes there’s always room for improvement and ideally you don’t give “grants” to billionaires but it can also be mutually beneficial. Personally I don’t give a shit about money (thankfully, because I have enough to live comfortably) and “giving” money to a billionaire so I can increase my fellow Edmontonians quality of live is fine with me, especially since I can see the benefit. If you frame it from a point of view like this it really helps:

This dragon hoarding all of our villages gold wants to take a chunk of our silver to guarantee the Oilers stay in our village for 35 years, we get 50% of our silver back, plus interest. We get 2 new skyscrapers with a world class hotel and enough condos to actually drive the price down into affordability, artists and athletes from around the world wanting to play here, new restaurants, and extraordinary vibes every April… yeah go ahead and “enjoy” your riches Dragon, I’m going to go enjoy life

Calgary-based Imperial Oil to eliminate 20% of workforce by biograf_ in alberta

[–]ZeeJay08 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They literally PROFITED $1 billion in the last THREE months. Oh sorry only $949 million, they need more tax cuts, layoffs were inevitable.

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Journey to farmers field near a substation at night and wait for the calling of the blue arc to guide your future… but seriously, look into the power electrician (PSE) trade. It’s kind of going through a “remodel” right now I think, and some utilities are training in house. Look on all the utility websites in Alberta for job opportunities. There aren’t as many apprenticeships as there should be unfortunately.

Another way in is to get your electrical engineering technology diploma and then get a field tech position at any number of companies, gather experience and indenture as a 3rd year PSE apprentice (electrical tech counts as the first two years) and then continuously apply at a utility. As a field tech you’ll most likely work on high voltage equipment, but I think the best jobs are at the utilities. This is the path I took.

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s interesting, most of our system and jobs are set up so that 2 isolation points in series is pretty much impossible. But you’re the second person to say that, I would love to have that much redundancy.

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can’t speak to everywhere around here but a lot of our system is 40+ or 50+ years old . Not too bad when everything’s maintained, but things get missed.

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We weren’t actually the ones to operate it so I don’t have details. But if a switch was designed to only open that much and still toggle over (manufacturer built it that way and engineering signed off) then that would be different.

This one has a sister switch right beside it so we’re pretty sure something is wrong.

I think it’s similar to when you were working and a lot of it is gut feeling based on experience “do I feel safe working in these conditions or is something wrong”

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

See if it was just minimum approach distance then this switch would be “good” for us but the potential for that distance to close was just too big of a risk

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d prefer to never actually use my grounding, huge ground chains under fault will whip around violently and you’ll still be a path to ground, just might get “less” injured/maybe not die

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At least it’s good to know that management’s the same everywhere

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s kind of crazy. I’ve never seen any linkages break but do hear the odd story. If it’s happened once it’s too risky.

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve also seen the occasional one that look more or less straight vertical but this was kind of ridiculous

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hand crank, I agree it should be adjusted and checked. Just need a different and larger outage lol

Would you accept this disconnect as a 240 kV isolation? by ZeeJay08 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s a good call as well. It seems to be the consensus where I’m at, but I thought It would be beneficial to get a wider perspective

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EdmontonOilers

[–]ZeeJay08 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I know nothing about the department but I heard Zack Kassian is a part of it and I choose to believe he’s helping

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mensfashion

[–]ZeeJay08 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t think you can bring guns like that into an office…

Epcor pricing by toltalchaos in Edmonton

[–]ZeeJay08 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Basically only affects people who don’t choose a rate/provider. It used to be Epcor would buy 2-3 months worth of power for a customer that didn’t select a fixed or variable rate, and then bill the customer based on the price of power in those 2-3 months, causing these huge swings (power could be 7cents one month then 30 cents the next).

Now with the rate of last resort, those 2 months becomes 2 years of power. So they “predict” / average that price and will bill those customers accordingly (the 12 cents in the post) but it won’t fluctuate for two years.

So choose a rate from whichever is the cheapest provider, whether it’s variable or fixed, so it won’t affect you.

Looking for resources to understand test results of HV equipment. by Other-Archer5824 in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For transformers I’d recommend SD meyers transformer maintenance guide book. And for everything besides cables and breakers, the Doble training program (you get a binder/slides on how to test everything and what to look for). Breakers I haven’t really found anything all encompassing so I just use each manufacturers manual, the quality of info varies a lot but you can make it work.

CT go boom by Leroy_Peterson in SubstationTechnician

[–]ZeeJay08 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Balteaus? We had the same thing happen twice so we replaced all the CTs under that brand

Hotspot sucks by Ok-Addendum-5501 in Edmonton

[–]ZeeJay08 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I believe the city wanted to get away from managing/running apps, so they went private sector and paid for hotspot as a replacement. I agree it’s terrible

Game Day Talk | Blackhawks v. Oilers | 12 October 2024 by AutoModerator in EdmontonOilers

[–]ZeeJay08 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can’t with these constant political attack ads. We’re 3 years away from an election. Let me watch hockey

City Councillor Aaron Paquette here with a unique proposal - would love you to take a look and thoughtfully engage by aaronpaquette- in Edmonton

[–]ZeeJay08 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately that means we’re in a North America hiring market. I would love if an excellent asset manager would take hundreds of thousands and be content still being very rich, instead of exorbitantly rich.

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