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[A 95-ton behemoth arrived in Linden, New Jersey recently]
[that will forever change how New York City and New Jersey power grids interact.]
[Most power grids run on slightly different frequencies, preventing power from one ]
[In New York and New Jersey's case, the two grids actually run on similar frequencies,]
[but until now, there's been no easy and precise way to manage]
[the flow of power between the two.]
[That massive cylinder in Linden will help solve that power flow problem.]
[The machine is a router that helps run GE's Variable Frequency Transformer or VFT,]
[The VFT acts a bit like a school crossing guard,]
[making sure only the right amount of energy gets through safely.]
[That gray box in the center, that's the VFT, ]
[and on either side are two power grids.]
[Available power from New Jersey travels into the VFT where it is processed,]
[and then it bolts out to illuminate the Big Apple.]
[Six traditional transformers and three variable frequency transformers ]
[Together they are capable of transmitting 300 Megawatts of power.]
[That's enough juice to light up nearly 300,000 homes.]
[But perhaps the most astounding aspect of this project is that until the advent of the VFT,]
[separate power grids really couldn't talk to each other with such speed, ]
[reliability, and efficiency.]
[Dan Walsh is the asset manager for the Linden project.]
[[Dan Walsh] It's a great improvement.]
[It's a great display of our technology, using our engineers and our financial resources]
[to improve the community and the area.]
[For GE reports this is Vivek Kemp. [GE imagination at work]]
