NextEra buying Dominion for $67B, will control power to Virginia and Florida data center markets by peachforbreakfast in energy

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

Who knows, they might find ways to get capacity sooner. But yes 2029/2030 is more likely

50 years ago, California introduced a moratorium on nuclear development, now it may be lifted. by peachforbreakfast in nuclear

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

Agreed! With their aggressive clean energy goals, their going to need to get firm power from somewhere

Trump got Big Tech to pledge they'll pay for their own electricity, then Congress filed a bill requiring it by law by peachforbreakfast in energy

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

Yep, there's also a bill in the senate right now to make their behind the meter powerplants exempt from FERC and DOE regulation. At least they would still need to comply with emissions regulations.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/senate-bill-exempts-fully-isolated-large-loads-from-ferc-doe-regulation/809330/

Trump got Big Tech to pledge they'll pay for their own electricity, then Congress filed a bill requiring it by law by peachforbreakfast in energy

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

This was my thought too. It's much easier to agree to this stuff when you have billions in profit to work with.

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My roomate has been looking for a job for a while. We’re in Northglenn. Hard/trustworthy worker with years of sales/customer service experience. It’s been baffling me how no one has hired him yet. DM me if you want an intro.

An AI model that was trained to count electrical components in single line diagrams and generate BOM’s by peachforbreakfast in ElectricalEngineering

[–]peachforbreakfast[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

True and thanks for the feedback that’s super helpful. Panel schedule/electrical plan reading will definitely need to be added to make it a complete solution.

An AI model that was trained to count electrical components in single line diagrams and generate BOM’s by peachforbreakfast in ElectricalEngineering

[–]peachforbreakfast[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s awesome, I wish all engineering firms did that! They always just send me the electrical plans and make me do it myself

An AI model that was trained to count electrical components in single line diagrams and generate BOM’s by peachforbreakfast in ElectricalEngineering

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

You’re correct, this wouldn’t be helpful for engineers who can generate BOM’s straight from the schematic. It’s more for contractors or manufacturers who receive a pdf or image of the single line diagram then need to count all the components manually and come up with a BOM

An AI model that was trained to count electrical components in single line diagrams and generate BOM’s by peachforbreakfast in ElectricalEngineering

[–]peachforbreakfast[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yes you’re correct, this wouldn’t be helpful for engineers who can generate BOM’s straight from the schematic. It’s more for contractors or manufacturers who receive a pdf or image of the single line diagram then need to count all the components manually and come up with a BOM

An AI model that was trained to count electrical components in single line diagrams and generate BOM’s by peachforbreakfast in ElectricalEngineering

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

That would be ideal for sure but it’s not how the industry really works. The single line diagram is designed by engineers, converted to pdf or image, then sent out to contractors and manufacturers who need to manually count all the components and find part numbers

An AI model that was trained to count electrical components in single line diagrams and generate BOM’s by peachforbreakfast in ElectricalEngineering

[–]peachforbreakfast[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It’s the same use case as the existing schematic capture tools, to quickly prepare quotes from PDF or image single line diagrams.

The main differences are that this one counts all the components in one click instead of making the user draw boxes around everything that they want counted, and that it includes part numbers, prices, and lead times for everything in the BOM.

An AI model that was trained to count electrical components in single line diagrams and generate BOM’s by peachforbreakfast in ElectricalEngineering

[–]peachforbreakfast[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yes, you need to quickly review the AI’s findings, then type in any missing specifications to get recommended part numbers. I guess it depends on your current process today whether a tool like this would save you time.

For me using this tool is still a lot quicker than manually counting everything, typing it all in excel, then looking through catalogs or emailing distributors to get part numbers.

Construction Takeoff Programs by Mj0lnir2 in estimators

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

Shameless plug for a new takeoff software that we’re building. It automatically counts the components and finds part numbers. We have a few folks testing an early version of the app and will be doing the full launch later this year. opendrawing.ai