even though i've had my ham license for a while (which requires passing a test that gets into electrical theory), trying to wrap my brain around how the electrical grid works is always a mind-bending exercise (i find the concept of load balancing totally fascinating). This is such a helpful primer about why scientifically and economically, electricity is not like other consumer commodities https://practical.engineering/blog/2024/11/14/which-power-plant-does-my-electricity-come-from