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There are transmission losses when moving electricity along wires (I seem to recall it's up to 10-12% on long-distance lines in the US).

But the electrons don't do stuff like bypass entire streets...



Yeah I mean certainly power can't travel forever in long distance wires, but the "electrons" we're passing right by a side street when they got to an intersection. There was no issue in other cities when I starting exporting that extra power to them.




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