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by londons_explore 747 days ago
Most power lines across the nation have <5% utilisation. Ie. They transfer in a year less than 5% of what they could have transferred.

If we had smarter systems to plan and route power transfers, we could get the network to move far far more power

Most of that overcapacity is in little local wiring, like the cables to your street, where there is likely nothing smart at all right now.