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> I don't understand how a hyper developped rich country like the USA tolerates so many grid failures over times. Because there is not such thing as the "USA g
by throw0101a 5y ago
> I don't understand how a hyper developped rich country like the USA tolerates so many grid failures over times.
Because there is not such thing as the "USA grid". The US, unlike many other countries (FR, ES, UK, IT), is not a monolithic legal entity. It is made up of small legal units (states) that have sovereignty with-in their borders over certain matters:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism
There is no "US electrical grid" in the legal ownership sense. Rather there are a bunch of smaller grids tied together, each somewhat free to do what they wish with-in guidelines. Different areas may choose to tolerate grid failures more than others depending on how they want to allocate resources: some may want 0 issues per year and pay more for that level of reliability, while others may be okay with 1-2 so that prices are lower.