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ravioli_king 53 points ago +53 / -0

Trying to tell this to Reddit right now. Working as well as you'd expect. I would have just cranked up the juice and paid the fine later, unless DOE + EPA have the key to do such a thing.

People are also saying "Texas wasn't connected to power grids outside the state." Turns out yes they were. To the east and to Mexico.

https://www.king5.com/article/news/verify/texas-independent-power-grid/507-6192cf48-4bf4-4a82-8586-0e5c0a549707

Amazing how the news just gets something so wrong at first.

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FrmrAmericanRepublic 4 points ago +4 / -0

I think people confuse it with the fact that Texas can totally isolate themselves if they need to from the other grids. At least that is what I recall about their system. Something about specific interlinks they can disable at will.