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http://www.ercot.com/news/releases/show/225369 http://www.ercot.com/news/releases/show/225369 > the Midwest went into a power emergency of their own, and ERCOT

• slenk 6y ago
  It feels like people are blaming other networks for needing their planned-for emergency capacity and not dropping everything for TX
  • snowwindwaves 6y ago
    People are attacking texas' less interconnected system for being "independent" and others are pointing out more interconnections from places with no power to spare would not have helped.
    • hayst4ck 6y ago
      Assuming there is a planned extra capacity/planned expected failure rate/additional set of regulations and guidelines, its not mainly the literal "connectedness" of the grids, but the "independence" part that is being attacked, specifically being independent from federal oversight.
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