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Re:Emergency declared and curfew imposed following North Car... by anigbrowl on Sunday December 04, 2022 @07:42PM (#33859863)
Right, but power companies likely hold enough for a year's worth of natural disasters + a 10-20% cushion. Sabotage can be a lot more destructive than random failure.
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Re:Emergency declared and curfew imposed following North Car... by SpelingBeeChamp on Monday December 05, 2022 @04:48AM (#33863464)
> power companies likely hold enough for a year's worth of natural disasters + a 10-20% cushion

Do you have a source for this?

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Re:Emergency declared and curfew imposed following North Car... by rtkwe on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:57AM (#33865665)
I think you're basically agreeing with what I'm saying. Small scale localized disasters aren't going to take a year to repair because companies keep some repair stock on hand or have replacements in the pipeline for existing equipment. It's only when we get to disasters that threaten to completely deplete repair/reserve stocks that the 1 year wait time for new grid scale transformers becomes truly concerning.
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