That's probably more true in the US where you have several regional markets not connected to one another, and where generally networks cover larger areas and are probably less redundant than they can be in Europe (but that's just me guessing on that last point, maybe I'm wrong) In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
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But if you, given your expertise and experience, aren't sure what they are talking about then the authors have a serious communication problem, at a minimum. A doo run-run-run, a doo run-run
The statement presumes that there are multiple power networks that are not connected, and that periodic surpluses exist within these disconnected networks. If all zones are running close to or at capacity, though, then better transmission lines probably wouldn't help much at all.
But I know nothing about this stuff.