How the Electrical Grid Works

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The electrical grid that provides power to the US is one of those things you don’t give a second thought to until it stops working – then it’s tough to think about anything else. Learn why this engineering marvel is past its prime and how to update it.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.7	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
0:41.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:43.2	I'm Josh Spuzzin Clark and there's Chuck Zippy Zap.
0:49.4	Brian?
0:50.4	Okay.
0:51.4	I'm just the two of us all have to come up with any more stupid electricity based names.
0:56.7	Jerry.
0:57.7	Jerry, the phone.
0:59.1	Yeah, she's weird on here.
1:02.0	She just zapped off into the ether.
1:05.0	Absent who knows?
1:06.7	Yeah.
1:07.7	We should call a role Chuck.
1:09.0	Okay.
1:10.0	Yeah.
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