I work for the power industry.
The essence of the article is that deregulation has resulted in the use of the electrical interconnect grid in a way it was not designed to handle. (Your basic profit-conflicting with-physics argument.) In order to maintain reliability, someone must invest billions to enhance the grid. So... the promised savings will be offset by higher infrastructure costs or less electrical reliability, or both?
The article is not excessively technical so if you are inclined to read it entirely you should have a better understanding of an issue that we all have a vital stake in.
Let us never let physics, engineering, or common sense interfere with the pursuit of happiness (ie "greed"). Is deregulation an attempt by a powerful few to profit from the many in the name of free enterprise? (Oh, and let the consumers/taxpayers foot the bill?)
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I work for the power industry. The essence of the article is that deregulation has resulted in the use of the electrical interconnect grid in a way it was not designed to handle. (Your basic profit-conflicting with-physics argument.) In order to maintain reliability, someone must invest billions to enhance the grid. So ... the promised savings will be offset by higher infrastructure costs or less electrical reliability, or both?
The article is not excessively technical so if you are inclined to read it entirely you should have a better understanding of an issue that we all have a vital stake in.
Let us never let physics, engineering, or common sense interfere with the pursuit of happiness (ie "greed"). Is deregulation an attempt by a powerful few to profit from the many in the name of free enterprise? (Oh, and let the consumers/taxpayers foot the bill?)