That sounds a bit extreme. Keep in mind that the US is broadly split into the Eastern and Western Interconnect where the East is a much more dense network compa

That sounds a bit extreme. Keep in mind that the US is broadly split into the Eastern and Western Interconnect where the East is a much more dense network compared to the West. Also there is ERCOT (Texas) which only connects to the East and West through DC tie substations. The acronym is SCADA too.