I face a Power Cut Of 8-12 hours every day India at my place what about you ?

Dear Vishal You are lucky in that case staying in holy city offcourse GODs grace is saving you I hope GOD will some day will give me some bonus grace ..... Hare Krishna Ganesh

thanks for your very nice wishes I pray to GOD that he accepts your wishes and give me some bonus grace saving me from all the evils of this world including powercuts lol yes Hare Krishna Ganesh

good luck for the future hare krishna. may god will give all the grace.

India is though seems to be sprinting towards modernism but this modernism is like a curse for poor people and middle class family as we have no power and extra rising inflation combined with corruption and terrorism hope things will improve for us Hare Krishna Ganesh

Things will never improve until and unless there is massive investment in basic infrastructure all around…not just pockets of metro cities. The Govt has money but is caught up in populist schemes of Nehruvian era…today rice cannot be given at Rs. 2 a kg…its impossible but the Govt is giving it as a populist scheme…similarly agriculture is not taxed as its said to be the occupation of ‘poor’ farmers…I’m sure you have every idea as to how rich agrarian landlords all over India are! What was the urgent requirement of a fledgling nation in Nehru’s time, was still OK in Indira’s time cannot be the same in today’s scenario. If the country has to move forward then, like western nations, the Govt will have to ensure all round development of every corner of the nation and then leave it to the people to earn their livings the proper way and pay for good comfort…instead the govt is just forcing the poor to remain as beggars. Things are changing, but at a very very slow pace…sometimes democracy is a real curse as you have to take so many things into account.

but dear When goverment invest say 100 rupeese only 5 rupeese are used for development and rest 95 rupeese are eaten up due to corruption and only poor people and middle class family suffers I read this in some magazine I think the present situation can only be handled by our creator and he is GOD only GOD can handle and reestablish peace and harmony in the world Hare Krishna Ganesh

ohhh you too have similar situation yes without power we feel handicapped hope situation of power will improve for both of us and we will have more power in future Hare Krishna Ganesh

Dear Opal yes thanks for your prayer I hope GOD will definetly listen and help me out in this regard ...... Yes in India lot of problems are growing simultaneously at very fast rate and no one is there to rectify it as we have lot of corruption happens in our country with no one to listen accept GOD i hope GOD will protect me from all the evils approving and accepting my all the prayers ...... Hare Krishna Ganesh

Dear Wismay yes I agree with you I have a inverter with a backup time of 4 hours and power cut is three times its capacity so it is always under charging and we mostly have 4 hours cut in night while we r sleeping goverment do that since no one knows about that being in sleep lol People in our locality are very angry with goverment failiure to stop power cuts,corruption and increasing crime Hare Krishna Ganesh

no I come from national capital region Faridbad that comes under capital of India New Delhi but still their is no power here I hope things will improve fast here Hare Krishna Ganesh

I guess its about time for us to shift to renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power.

Hi Blummus! I lived in Arizona and it was impossible to be comfortable unless you had a pool when the power went off. When I moved here to Ohio, I made sure I bought a few rechargeable fans. I haven't needed them yet but I make sure they are always ready. You should get a couple of them, they work really well. I go mine at Walmart for $15 each for the larger desktop ones. One of them will move the air nicely through a 10x15 room!

yes most buisnesses are worst affected most buisness man r returning to job market to find new job as power cut made their buisnesses to run into losses You r right we must learn to live happily without power but its tough when your bread comes out of that power which stops coming I hope Indian goverment will wake up some day before its too late ........ Hare krishna Ganesh

Here in Sacramento much of the city is under rolling blackouts and peak-time air conditioner cutoffs during the summer to cut down on the electricity used by air conditioners. Without the blackouts in some areas, most of the city would be dealing with brownouts or longer outages. If it's a rolling blackout, there are warnings issued in the press so people can arrange their plans if they are going to be affected. We also are pretty much in a constant drought condition, so garden and yard watering are kept to a minimum and mostly at night and early morning. As for preparing for these things, my friends and I might go to the grocery store or mall in one of the other power zones if there's no wind and the air is hot, but usually we go outside and open up the windows to catch the breeze if it's hot indoors. If there's no power, we light up a couple of citronella candles to keep the bugs off and/or sit out in the moonlight and talk or listen to music until things get better. When the power comes back on, I make sure the batteries are charged up for the next time. I'm hoping to get a laptop soon so we will have internet even when the outside power is off.

You would be SMUD and we are PG&E, maybe we don't have the same programs. But right off the top of my head, I'm not sure what we have. We did look into solar panels for the house, but we just can't afford them right now. My mother-in-law has PG&E also and they came out to her house and went through it and told her all the ways that she could save energy. Guess we could do that too...

I see from your profile you're in El Dorado Hills; I'm in Sacramento. Do you have the Greenergy program or something similar there? The Greenergy program offsets the power used by a home or business by purchasing electricity from renewable sources -- mostly wind and some solar here in California -- on a watt-for-watt basis. The program costs $3 per month to offset half your home's monthly electric consumption or $6 per month to offset the whole thing. Personally, I'm willing (and, thank goodness, able) to spend a bit more to encourage renewable energy development.

I was reading about a California (?) based company that was installing Solar systems,and instead of You having to buy them outright with all that initial expense,they'd lease them to You..so they'd pick up any renewable energy installation grant money from the Government,install your system,maintain and upgrade it over time for you as long as you kept the lease..they seem to be doing quite well with business last I heard!

no no not same time their is no schedule of power cut and electrcity department here abruptly cuts power on its own wish its very tough to cope up with massive power crisis in India I hope our goverment will wake up and will do something about it Hare Krishna Ganesh

yes it is very grim trim situation here no power for 8-12 hours everyday people find it tough to even rest on some of he days our goverment did not plan about it in past so we r facing this problem good you have got good goverment to let you have continuous power at ur place Hare Krishna Ganesh

Electricity minister of my state lives 50 meters from my home and he never has power cut as he is provided 24 hour power supply hotline without any cut still we have that long power cuts in summer when temperature is 48 degrees we have power cut from 1 am to 7 am in morning so this is situation in India Hare Krishna Ganesh

wow great you stay in metro city without power crisit I live in New Delhi capital of India and a metro city with massive power cuts stange you want to donate extra power to other states that shows you are good soul of GOD dont worry I will lay down a cable from my home to mumbai and will get some extra power from ur city lol just joking enjoy ur life Hare Krishna Ganesh

so we have power cut of 8-12 hours so you can imagine how much power is being sold its unfortunate that after 60 years of independence we have reached this level of development here in India Hare Krishna Ganesh