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Texas has made price/reliability tradeoff. Lower price with less mandatory contingencies. In other girds electricity costs little more and produced are require
by nabla9 6y ago
Texas has made price/reliability tradeoff. Lower price with less mandatory contingencies.
In other girds electricity costs little more and produced are required to maintain excess capacity and prepare for larger fluctuations in demand and weather. It costs little more, but is more reliable.
- munk-a 6y agoThe real question now is, after some people have survived this disaster only by keeping their oven on to keep from freezing to death in their own homes - will we see a shift to pay that little bit extra to avoid this sort of a disaster in the future.
- MattGaiser 6y ago> we see a shift to pay that little bit extra to avoid this sort of a disaster in the future. No, as Democrats want that. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/rick-perry-says-texans-would-rather-be-without-power-for-days-than-have-more-fed-oversight https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/rick-perry-says-texans-woul...
- seanp2k2 6y agoFTA: Perry, who also served as the Secretary of Energy in the Trump administration, made the comment in an interview with Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Looks like Perry is (R) since 1989 and (D) before that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry .