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While I can definitely agree that there's shortcomings in putting all your eggs in one basket, this seems to be more of a problem of the lack of interconnectivi
by AgentK20 6y ago
While I can definitely agree that there's shortcomings in putting all your eggs in one basket, this seems to be more of a problem of the lack of interconnectivity between the Texas grid and the rest of the US. They chose to keep a totally segmented system, and now as a result of that are unable to effectively import power from areas where it is more readily available.
- airhead969 6y agoToo cool for redundancy and availability.
- fuzzfactor 6y agoCorrect. Turns out it got so cold with freezing rain that 12K MW of wind power is off line. The isolated Texas grid was originally intended to give better reliability without the risk from other states' problems. It is likely to import power again from Mexico, if not already taking place. I would imagine they're scrambling to cash in at this rate.