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- Are the blackouts in California the result of inferior design and practices in the USA electricity grid?
One of the big news stories this week is the pre-emptive blackouts in California. Some commentators have said such events could never happen in their country. Why do we read of USA electric supply problems more often than in some other countries?
I want to stress that this thread is not about personal anecdotes, but statistics that apply to entire populations. Some of us live in multifamily buildings in urban or suburban areas. Some of us live in places as wild and remote as possible. The broad range in a public forum makes comparison of personal experiences not meaningful.
- Are there significant differences in practices and design in different countries?
- Does anyone have non-anecdotal electric reliability statistics for several countries or regions?
- How do non-electric factors like population density, geography, weather, economics, influence electric reliability?
I want to stress that this thread is not about personal anecdotes, but statistics that apply to entire populations. Some of us live in multifamily buildings in urban or suburban areas. Some of us live in places as wild and remote as possible. The broad range in a public forum makes comparison of personal experiences not meaningful.