Before grid-scale wind and solar power came online, slow and steady always won the race. There was no competition in electricity, a protection enshrined in law that made each utility the unique master of its realm. They made our power and they always knew how much of it there would be, where it would come from, and where it would be used. Plans were made seasonally, collegially, as every four months utility men would sit down in a room and talk about how the winter might go, or the spring, or the summer; these men made sure there were enough power plants chugging along to provide what they
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