Re:Texas electric firm files for bankruptcy citing $1.8B in ...
by rayiner on Monday March 01, 2021 @11:38AM
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The transmission grids aren’t connected like that.
Re:Texas electric firm files for bankruptcy citing $1.8B in ...
by curryst on Monday March 01, 2021 @02:09PM
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Is it only because there's US East and US West? I.e. Maine and New Hampshire can share power generation, and Arizona and New Mexico can share power, we just can't share across the East/West divide, wherever that is?
Re:Texas electric firm files for bankruptcy citing $1.8B in ...
by rayiner on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @09:32AM
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Correct, because the east and west grids are not synchronized you can’t really transfer power between them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_power_transmiss...
> The Eastern Interconnection and the Western Interconnection are the largest. Three other regions include the Texas Interconnection, the Quebec Interconnection, and the Alaska Interconnection. Each region delivers power at a nominal 60 Hz frequency. The regions are not usually directly connected or synchronized to each other, but there are some HVDC Interconnectors.
Re:Texas electric firm files for bankruptcy citing $1.8B in ...
by pm24601 on Monday March 01, 2021 @03:44PM
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Side note:
> I don't see why solar in Arizona would not help Maine
Arizona power companies have essentially made home solar system uneconomical.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/solar-arizona-net-metering_n_...
If Maine has a shortage, they aren't going to get power directly from Arizona, but couldn't they get power from New Hampshire? If New Hampshire doesn't have any spare capacity, couldn't they still supply Maine and get some from Massachusetts to cover for what they send to Maine? And if Massachusetts doesn't have any spare, can't they similarly go ahead and supply New Hampshire, making it up with power from whoever is next west of them, ultimately ending up with Arizona's extra solar power allowing Maine to get through a shortfall?