[mtg]

Something tells me it will ‘disrupt’ more than clocks.

You're right. This is going to cause MAJOR havoc for most electronic devices, unless they run only on batteries. As an example, European televisions run on 50 Hz. Try running a European model TV on 60 Hz. and see what happens. Some brands have a switch on them so you can switch between 50 and 60 Hz.

[dynoman]

Read post 49.

Readers; this FERC pdf shows the history of the the frequency response project.

http://www.nerc.com/filez/standards/Frequency_Response.html