Re:This is a good start (Score 1)

The only thing great about the august 14 blackout was that it protected power companies' plants, but it sucked majorly for the consumers. Instead of shutting down powerplants for protection as they did on the 14th, i can think of four other possibilities: 1) build more power plants to meet surge demand (most expensive option) 2) disable powerplants from overloading or shutting down -- just have it perform below (say) 130% all the time, but never over it. 3) make demand meet supply (by blacking out smaller regions, for example just northern Ohio). 4) detect where a short is occuring, disable that line only. But whatever you do, don't reduce supply when the demand is high!