> they're at the mercy of the transmission market There is no such thing as a transmission market. The grid is a regional monopoly, and it doesn't "market" its

> they're at the mercy of the transmission market There is no such thing as a transmission market. The grid is a regional monopoly, and it doesn't "market" its capacity. The issue here is that when too much power runs through a line, if you don't turn it off, it does [1]. Building more lines isn't exactly fast, or cheap, and it wasn't really a major focus of the people setting up subsidies for new production. > It's not their problem because .. it really isn't their problem and they can't solve it. It's not their problem because their subsidies scheme means they will get paid anyway. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fatpu0c4fjhl91.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1532%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Da165b62e5959e1c98ea5c22a358abe57131aff58 https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....