On 12/31/2009 17:24, Mike Granby wrote:
On Dec 31, 11:50 am, wrote:

The power companies install capacitors to introduce
capacitive reactance to bring the PF closer to unity in
the upstream transmission lines.

Way to take a simple explanation and make it complicated, George...

One of the reasons everyone is so confused is trying to develop a
trivial explanation for something complicated.