the.com/energy grid
a nationwide game of catch where the ball is electricity and dropping it means blackout.
means the interconnected network of power plants, wires, and substations that moves electricity from where it is made to where it is used, in real time.
from grew out of the 1880s war of currents between edison's DC and tesla's AC, when cities realized one power plant per building was insane and started wiring them together.
no storage buffersupply must match demand every single second.
blackout dominoone failed line can cascade across entire states.
three us gridseastern, western, and texas run almost independently.
ac wontesla and westinghouse beat edison because ac travels farther.