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tonyarkles
on Oct 21, 2020
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Why Does the U.S. Have Three Electrical Grids?
I definitely picked up on the same thing, remembering the east coast blackout in 2003.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003
X6S1x6Okd1st
on Oct 22, 2020
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You don't know the contra positive though, would the spare capacity in the rest of the system have prevented it?
MrBuddyCasino
on Oct 22, 2020
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My point is that the spare capacity would evaporate, as the higher-cost power plants would be shut down.
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