The electric grid, outages, and backup

Transmission, distribution, reliability, outages, generators, home batteries, essential loads, permits, and who pays for the network.

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Principles

Generation is useful only if the network can deliver it to customers when needed.
Plan generation, transmission, distribution, and demand together, with clear responsibility for costs.

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Can a new power plant serve users without adequate network capacity?

Yes; generation automatically creates transmission capacity.

Yes; the distance and connections to users never matter.

Not reliably; delivery networks must also support the needed flow.

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