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by jleahy 842 days ago
The point is that they need to be synchronised in order to respond to changes in load.
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Yes, they use the frequency as a common signal to respond to changes in load, that is correct.

With gps synchronized clocks and high speed waveform measurement we can see the propagation delay in the frequency across the country when there is a big event. Pretty neat!