Reconnected Grid Holds at Thirty Percent Fusion Through Autumn Peak

GENEVA — Fusion held near thirty percent of the reconnected grid through the autumn demand peak, Aurora Fusion Works confirmed Sunday, even as the desalination corridor's pumps pulled harder against a dry October. The utility's Emeka Okonkwo told a briefing at Alpine Geneva Polytechnic that the baseload "carried the load without a wobble," but cautioned that reserve margin narrowed to single digits during two evening peaks. The strain traces to the same water fight roiling Valencia: every liter desalinated is a kilowatt-hour spent, and the Cerulean Exchange's late-October desalination-cost shock rippled straight into power demand. Grid engineer Lena Voss, who runs the corridor's dispatch floor near Marseille, said the fleet met each peak but "with less room than I'd like to sleep on." Aurora added no new capacity this quarter; the previous Friday's reactor sync was in August. For now, thirty percent holds — steady, and thin.