For many people in the modern world, electricity powers everything we do. Yet we take for granted how power flows in the background, seemingly always accessible to us just by flipping a switch. In fact, most of us are completely unaware of what it takes to generate and transmit the power we so deeply rely on, let alone the policy decisions shaping our electrical grids – or how they might affect reliable access to power. How do today's electrical grids actually work, and do they align with our long-term goals for human and planetary well-being?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://thegreatsimplification.libsyn.com/is-the-us-electric-grid-stable-policy-renewables-and-who-is-responsible-if-something-goes-wrong-with-meredith-angwin