Can I trace back the electricity I use to one power plant, or does it come from several feeding into the grid?
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 at
1:26 pm
G. Elliott asked:
My electric company (Kansas City Power and Light) uses 9 different plants to provide electricity to its customers, some coal, some gas, one nuclear, and one wind generated. Has each plant been designated to supply a different area, or do they pour into a collective grid that supplies all the customers?
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Filed under: Global Warming
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sussex electrical
It’s a collective grid. In effect, a percentage of your power comes from each plant. While that’s not exactly what happens, that is the effect. Any more/less power you use affects all the plants in your regional grid.
brighton electrician
No you cannot, at least not down to the electron. KCP&L is actually an utility and not the grid itself. They may run the grid in a small area but Kansas, Oklahoma, Western Missouri, Northern Texas and a small bit of a few other surrounding states are all part of the Southwest Power Pool. There are many other plants, including those ran by Aquila that power the grid in KS.
brighton electrician
No……It’s Alternating Current
AC