time2roll wrote:
Yes in 2020 there was a few rolling blackouts in a limited area due to a natural gas plant dropping off line unexpectedly during unusually high demand. That was the first in about 20 years since the last time during the screwball Enron days.
I understand much of the imports are hydro from the north.
When power is imported you can not designate what source it comes from. all sources are connected to the same grid.
Hydro power only accounts for 7.3% of power generated in the USA. I suspect the northern states use all of their own hydro.
Fossil fuel accounts for about 60% of power generated in USA and Nuclear 20%.
