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Again, if the plant is truly isolated from the grid and all the GTs and STs are

connected in
parallel with each other, then if the power output of any prime mover and its generator increases
without a system load increase (motors starting, etc.) then one of two things will or should
happen. The immediate (re)action would be for the plant frequency to increase. If nothing is done
to reduce the power output of any prime mover then the frequency will remain higher than
desired. If the Load Sharing System and/or the ECS is working properly and sensing the
frequency increase, then it should correspondingly decrease the power output of one or more
other prime movers and their generators to maintain the desired frequency.
So, either the frequency of the plant increases because one or more prime movers has increased
its power output without a corresponding decrease in the output of the other prime movers, or the
Load Sharing System/ECS decreases the power output of one or more prime movers it is
controlling to maintain the desired frequency.
I could imagine a scenario where the GT droop control would respond by itself to the increased
frequency by reducing its active power output, but I would suspect the Load Sharing System
and/or the ECS would be the "primary" control element and direct the connected generation to
reduce output to maintain frequency.

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