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[deleted] t1_j1krl9o wrote

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PCPenhale t1_j1ksrdz wrote

My guess would be that it’s weather that has effected multiple states simultaneously, served by this PJM, thereby taxing its infrastructure.

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minesweeperer222 t1_j1kuw23 wrote

Probably also the holiday season. We don't usually go this low, with winds this bad, in so many places simultaneously while powering everyone's outdoor holiday light display.

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PCPenhale t1_j1kvf70 wrote

Also plausible. Granted, LED displays don’t use nearly the resources that incandescent use, but they still use a percentage of power. It all adds up.

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minesweeperer222 t1_j1kw7ij wrote

Agree on all points. My unscientific observation is that there a lot more domestic "light shows" this year than in those past. I've seen at least 3 houses in my normal travels with full light displays synced to a radio station. This is up from my usual sighting of 0. That's more along the lines of what I was thinking.

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Booplympics t1_j1l0w7b wrote

But lights in general are a fraction of the amount of power that heat uses.

Complaining about Christmas lights makes as much sense about complaining about cooking a Christmas roast in an electric oven.

The fact of the matter is that our electrical grid needs to be modernized. Everything else is just utter bullshit.

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