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PHL1365 t1_itnw0pm wrote

Reply to comment by 685327594 in eli5: how long would power stay on if the power company abandoned their post? by larsattacks94

Well, in theory, that balance could be achieved through software/automation. But it would not be considered reliable enough to run without some level of human oversight. Kind of like Tesla's self-driving mode.

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usmcmech t1_itnz3z6 wrote

In theory yes it could.

However in reality it means phone calls from the grid managers to individual power plant control rooms.

“Hey we need you to take 500MW offline in 30 minutes”

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Snoo57672 t1_itogq1k wrote

Yep. Happens every morning. Then they call me that night and ask for it right back. We wouldn't even make a shift change before the grid shit

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