"AEP says the decision to shut off power in some neighborhoods was done to keep outages from spreading and making it even harder and longer to restore power." ????
Load increased and frequency dipped. If system frequency dips too much the generator trips, then another and another. Lengthy restoration times follow bc firing up a plant isn’t like starting a car. That’s if the stators or other equipment wasn’t damaged during the shutdown. Then you have to rebuild it via small islands or networks at a time. So the remedy to prevent this is shedding firm load aka drop customers. We need more nuke plants
No worries fren this place teaches me so much. That’s a good question and tough one to answer. Essentially the more connections (generators and transmission capacity) there are, the more stable a grid is. You could (and we sometimes do) isolate sections to prevent cascading failures but there’s a lot of variables at play, such as power flow and system frequency, that could affect something downstream. It really comes down to not having enough generators and not enough infrastructure to transmit power.
We spend billions on upgrades annually on our state’s grid and that’s just to barely keep up. The so called green energy stuff is handcuffing grids all over the nation. Between muh green energy and muh supply chain, things are going to get interesting.
Storms took out lines, this is critical infrastructure during heavily loaded times of extreme cold and heat. You lose transmission lines, you lose capacity and create cascading grid congestion. What I explained is why power is preemptively shut off and why restoration could take longer if this step isn’t taken when needed.
"AEP says the decision to shut off power in some neighborhoods was done to keep outages from spreading and making it even harder and longer to restore power." ????
Load increased and frequency dipped. If system frequency dips too much the generator trips, then another and another. Lengthy restoration times follow bc firing up a plant isn’t like starting a car. That’s if the stators or other equipment wasn’t damaged during the shutdown. Then you have to rebuild it via small islands or networks at a time. So the remedy to prevent this is shedding firm load aka drop customers. We need more nuke plants
Thanks for the explanation. Excuse my ignorance but can't connections be built that won't trip the next one?
No worries fren this place teaches me so much. That’s a good question and tough one to answer. Essentially the more connections (generators and transmission capacity) there are, the more stable a grid is. You could (and we sometimes do) isolate sections to prevent cascading failures but there’s a lot of variables at play, such as power flow and system frequency, that could affect something downstream. It really comes down to not having enough generators and not enough infrastructure to transmit power.
We spend billions on upgrades annually on our state’s grid and that’s just to barely keep up. The so called green energy stuff is handcuffing grids all over the nation. Between muh green energy and muh supply chain, things are going to get interesting.
Thanks.
So in Trump's four years we were without storms?
Your comment makes no sense
Storms took out lines, this is critical infrastructure during heavily loaded times of extreme cold and heat. You lose transmission lines, you lose capacity and create cascading grid congestion. What I explained is why power is preemptively shut off and why restoration could take longer if this step isn’t taken when needed.
Nothing to do with lines taken out. I know people who live there.
Cold fussion
Yeah, seems sus to me, too.