Planning for Blackouts
Planning for Blackouts
The power grid failure need to be considered in DR BC planning. A power grid
consists of a set of large power plants (hydro-power plants, wind farms, solar
panel farms, nuclear power plants, etc.) all connected together by wires. A grid
can be as big as half of the United States.
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Most grids work very well as a power-distribution systems because they allow
power sharing very economically. For example, a power company needs to take a
power plant or a transmission tower off line for maintenance, the other parts of
the grid can pick up the slack. However that also is the greatest risk as
weather can impact on part of the grid that can the trickle down and impact the
rest of the grid.
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