sotonfan
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My boss has asked me to develop a proposal for installing one or more backup generators for our theater. We have a 1700-seat auditorium on one side, and a 350-person ballroom on the other side. Twice in the past few years we have had a major power outage on our block when there was a wedding on one side and a show on the other at the same time. It was a real mess, for patrons and also for promoters and bands. (Loading out a full rock band in the dark is something I hope never to do again, but it was less painful than moving a wedding across town with an hour to spare.)
I talked to the power company, who calculated our peak load in the heaviest time of the year was 312KW.
Does anyone have experience with this process? Is my boss asking for something impossible? Or is this a reasonable idea? We have room on our roof for generators - especially if they can run on natural gas. There's very little footprint on the ground for anything.
Thanks for any suggestions on how to start tackling this one. Pretty sure we can't start until COVID is behind us, since I'm sure it will require some fund-raising...
Andrew
I talked to the power company, who calculated our peak load in the heaviest time of the year was 312KW.
Does anyone have experience with this process? Is my boss asking for something impossible? Or is this a reasonable idea? We have room on our roof for generators - especially if they can run on natural gas. There's very little footprint on the ground for anything.
Thanks for any suggestions on how to start tackling this one. Pretty sure we can't start until COVID is behind us, since I'm sure it will require some fund-raising...
Andrew