Nightly Nuance - February 23, 2021

Hello my friends. Today, we're talking electricity. 

In this episode, I'm trying to answer these questions: 

- what do we mean by "the grid?" 

- how is electricity delivered in the United States (including for our fellow citizens in Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories, who have very different systems and considerations than the contiguous 48) 

- what considerations are important in thinking about renewable energy? 

A few resources: 

EPA on US Electric Grid and Markets 

How Electricity is Delivered to Consumers  

Alaska's Electricity Delivery  

Electric Reliability Council of Texas  

Reliable Energy Sources (note: I think that this article contains interesting and helpful explanations. I do not know ANYTHING about the service offered on this website and am NOT saying anything about its quality by linking it here). 

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