Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Merrigan Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: Independence Day Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:37:38 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:37:38 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e5f94883f6a88882f04d48f63e508993"; logging-data="2551936"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19wTqW1KMvntTqPQF2AnVvN" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:WNBFyh4afF02sa3iwWRQDErCED8= In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 240725-6, 7/25/2024), Outbound message Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2189 On 7/23/2024 6:40 AM, Gary McGath wrote: > On 7/23/24 6:58 AM, Paul Dormer wrote: > >> I used to work for the National Grid, originally part of nationalised >> electricity generation and supply industry.  National Grid ran the >> electricity distribution part of the grid: the substations, overhead >> lines and towers - never call them pylons.  In the rail companies, there >> was Railtrack which ran the railway infrastructure.  In 2001 it ran into >> financial difficulties and was replaced by a government-owned company. > > There's a National Grid in the US which supplies electricity. No idea if > it's related. > I've heard that there are three national level electricity grids in the U.S., East of the Rockies, West of the the Rockies, and Texas, I don't know whether any of them are called "The National Grid". -- Qualified immunity = virtual impunity. Tim Merrigan -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com