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by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Oct 7th, 2007 at 02:38:53 PM EST
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It's a good question, and I also noted that as a bit unclear.

My guess when I read it was that they meant that more power can reach the consumers either by upgrading the grid (lower transmission losses) or by increasing the output at the power plant.

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by A swedish kind of death on Sun Oct 7th, 2007 at 03:35:30 PM EST
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I think they mean that building new high voltage lines that connect you (more directly) to existing production capacity might give you, as a consumer, another alternative supply and thus a way to get lower electricity / resp, another alternative consumer, and thus a way to sell higher.

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)

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Oct 7th, 2007 at 04:22:45 PM EST
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ROTFLMAO!

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by ATinNM on Sun Oct 7th, 2007 at 04:46:04 PM EST
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Sorry for the snarky response.  

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.

by ATinNM on Sun Oct 7th, 2007 at 05:07:44 PM EST
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That's what I'd guessed as well.  Better long-distance high-voltage lines are something frequently talked about in the US, as they would be one way to help stop things like the big midwest-east coast blackout a few years back.

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.

by Zwackus on Sun Oct 7th, 2007 at 08:56:32 PM EST
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