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Their grid is maxed out. Losing any single major section pushes it over the edge. They have to use rolling blackouts where different parts of the grid are turned off throughout the day to keep the overall system under the limit.

Sri Lanka has about as many people as Florida and lower per-person energy usage. Their country’s power grid is smaller than that of many US states.



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