People keep saying that this is somehow a "once in a lifetime" event in Texas, even though the last one was in 2011. Plus, being interconnected gives you the o

People keep saying that this is somehow a "once in a lifetime" event in Texas, even though the last one was in 2011. Plus, being interconnected gives you the opportunity not just to prevent grid failure, but to sell and buy electricity to arbitrage the price, which will be increasingly important in the future due to renewable energy intermittency.