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What the Texas-Freeze Fiasco Tells Us About the Future of the Grid
- Electric_Genie 6y agoOf all the theories being thrown around to explain why this happened, the most plausible, arguably, is the wonkiest. And therefore getting less attention. "Since 1999, Texas has had a deregulated, energy-only market structure, which means that suppliers get paid only for the electricity they produce and sell, and the market is not regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. "