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MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

No. They constantly monitor it and keep it in line. The power grid itself is totally fine. Completely.

The only “problem” is they cannot easily turn on or off huge old power plants, so if the sun is blazing, they might have to direct excess old generation power to batteries or other grids.

The only “problem” is the power companies don’t get to charge much for simply managing the grid. They charge mostly for power generation, so it ends up costing them money. If they were simply a government paid service, they wouldn’t have to care what so ever which direction power is flowing as long as it has somewhere to go.

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