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tired-space-weasel t1_itng0ub wrote

Reply to comment by 685327594 in eli5: how long would power stay on if the power company abandoned their post? by larsattacks94

That's pretty much automatic, you don't manually turn knobs in a power plant to change the output.

Source: studying electric power engineering

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AustinYun t1_itnk9ea wrote

That seems to run contrary to the accounts I've read of for example the Texas winter blackout.

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immibis t1_ito4ro6 wrote

I think it's somewhat automated but not completely. They call it droop control, yes?

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685327594 t1_itng7w2 wrote

No, you literally do turn knobs to control the power level. Hell, at a nuclear plant you literally have to choose every step of every control bank you want to move.

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