The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has installed ninety-nine devices that are designed to automatically or remotely reroute electricity from congested transmission lines into lines with lower use, in an effort to enhance grid reliability and stability. The devices have been installed on a transmission corridor spread across seventeen towers. The director of TVA Innovation Technology reported that TVA has been involved with the development of the devices and are pleased to be able to provide the means to test them. The devices are known as “Smart Wire” and work by mimicking valves on the power line which can simulate overload to spur the transfer to lower use lines.
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