"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
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
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.