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Well the article mentions it. My numerous tours of power plants. And 20 years of stories from my uncle (now retired) who was an engineer on power generation (mostly hydroelectric, a little nuclear). And a bit of my own experiences with mechanical systems.

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I read that in the article quoting from the trade association person. My experience is big plants can run at 100% for a long time, if during past downtime the PM was completed and not just penciled-in. At this scale, the PM is recorded and signed. I guess most or all of the plants should do okay. Anyway, too late for worry to be useful!

The Gov. of Texas called for PMs this spring to be cut short due to an early heat wave. That means that some plants lost 1/3 of their planned PM time to be back online.

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