[BC] AC Voltage Drop

[Dana Puopolo]

There are also big plants in Salem and South Boston, and also Pilgrim.

Eastern MA seems pretty self-sufficient.

-D 
------ Original Message ------
Received: 01:44 PM PDT, 07/01/2009
From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>

------ At 09:04 AM 6/30/2009, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote: -------

>Ever driven past the gigantic power plant off Broadway (route 99) in 
>Charlestown,  off the route-16 circle? That's where Boston gets its 
>"essential" power and it's all AC, converted to DC for the subways 
>at various "power stations" throughout the city.

That would have been years ago that I was near there.  Assuming the 
subway did have its own power as reported by the media and interviews 
with subway folks did that change after 1965? Is this "essential" 
plant off the grid and not affected by the failure of the regional 
delivery systems? If so, that's probably what they meant by having 
their own plants.

Rich