[GTALUG] mysterious restarts

[James Knott]

On 06/18/2016 07:58 PM, Michael Galea via talk wrote:
> You know of course that the grid frequency is only approximately 60.00
> hz.  For example, it was 59.97 hz on Friday at around 5 PM.  I have
> heard rumors that the generators spin the grid up to above 60 hz in
> the early morning hours to compensate for the drift, but I don't know
> if thats a fact.  I often see the grid at 60.01 hz, in the middle of
> the day though.

That's true over the short term, but long term accuracy is very good.