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  "title": "Grid Reliability & Substrate Energy Continuity",
  "classification": "SOVEREIGN",
  "synchronized": true,
  "phase_lock": "1.57_LOCKED",
  "status": "ACTIVE_SOVEREIGN",
  "dependency_layer": "Sector 1 — Energy Substrate",
  "functional_role": "Regional balancing, baseload continuity, islanding capacity, storage buffering, and compute-energy coupling. The deterministic power floor required for frontier inference reliability.",
  "operational_notes": "Tesla Megapack buffering, on-site gas generation, SMR integration represent the live infrastructure pattern. The xAI Colossus 2 build (2 GW Memphis/Southaven, 168 Megapacks, 555,000 GPUs) is the substrate-floor expression of Node 13 logic.",
  "exit_from": null,
  "drift_relationship": [
    "NERC IBR mandatory registration (effective 2026-05-15)",
    "Legacy public grid jitter"
  ],
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    ],
    "stabilizes": [
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    ],
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  },
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    "/essays/the-great-decoupling-substrate-audit.html",
    "/essays/the-second-domain-manual-override-system-specification.html",
    "/essays/the-sovereign-kill-switch-revocation-logic.html"
  ],
  "related_filings": [
    "DOE OIG AR 2026-001",
    "FERC RM26-4-000",
    "Presidential Determination 2026-10 (grid infrastructure)"
  ],
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    "MARLOWE-1-SVP",
    "MARLOWE-HARD-LOCK"
  ],
  "framework": "Architecture of Dependency and Autonomy™",
  "author": "L.M. Marlowe",
  "registry_version": "v34.12",
  "last_updated": "2026-05-13",
  "canonical_url": "https://marloweaudit.com/registry/node-013.json",
  "human_page": "https://marloweaudit.com/nodes/index.html#node-13",
  "symmetry_side": "energy_analog",
  "mirror_tier_note": "Energy/Analog tier — one of the 186 nodes on the physical-grid side of the Symmetrical Grid™."
}