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FarCenter

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4. From gridwatch, you can see the problem

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 12, 2016, 09:19 AM

Dec 2016

Currently coal is just under rated load at 7.72 GW, nuclear is at rated load at 7.98 GW, Gas is in the red at 25.25 GW, and wind is rather low at 1.73 GW.

So the grid is running at full generation capacity except for wind and any added load would have to be shed if wind doesn't increase.

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