Angie Bond Simpson

So they are working with other utilities in the West and looking at what our demand is and what our generating portfolio and capability is.

And if there's a surplus, that team is able to potentially sell into a market.

And if there is a deficit, that team may have to purchase from another utility in the market.

that is solely looking at the reliability of the system.

So should something occur, they're the sort of ones that go in and can emergency respond.

But that's sort of the last line of defense of you really want to have boring operations.

Each power plant actually has its own control room that then can communicate with a central control room at SRP.

And what that control room actually looks like is a large room with screens, pretty much screens for as long as you can see.

And then there are different pods of operators that are looking at different components of the system.

One thing that was sort of shocking to me is it's pretty quiet in the control room.

And I think that's by nature because you have a lot of people that are studying what is happening in real time.

And in some instances, making calls and doing checks and making sure that the right procedures are being followed.

But in essence, it is a very calm environment and you want it to be calm.

Yeah.

And, you know, if you think about that, that's the way that you actually want it to be.

Right.

Because as you are planning the grid, you are planning proactively for a number of conditions.

None of us can predict the future.

Right.

So we're trying to make sure that the right amount of infrastructure with a little bit of wiggle room for things that could go wrong is built.