And one challenge (as is so often true in software) is knowing what to know. It's not particularly intuitive that grid balance is necessary if one's entire expe

And one challenge (as is so often true in software) is knowing what to know. It's not particularly intuitive that grid balance is necessary if one's entire experience with electricity is "I plug in a machine and the power comes out of the wall." It's actually a minor plot point in Stephen King's "The Stand" that after a viral apocalypse wipes out most of humanity, the survivors try to restart the electrical grid in a town. The first attempt proves fatal because they haven't properly isolated the circuits throughout town, so when they connect the plant to the main grid the plant's generators explode from trying to support the load of every home where someone died spontaneously while running a hair dryer.