• Cort@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Sure but there are also regional divisions like on this map. There’s even connections between Texas and East and West grids, they’re not even totally separate

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      4 months ago

      yeah regional divisions make sense, but i’m not sure why they would matter all that much, in the grand scheme of things it’s not exactly “my problem”

      I wouldnt be surprised if they weren’t fully separate, from what i understand though, texas has a pretty much isolated grid since that allows them to get around federal regulations for power production. And the east and west would more than likely be a systems scale thing, it’s just better to have it split down the middle. Considering how few people generally live there.

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        4 months ago

        iirc they’re connected via DC not AC so they have “local” control over maintaining the 60hz frequency.

        You can see live stats here.