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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by hangonhn on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @06:53PM (#26160513)
The Tres Amigas Super Station is, ironically, being built in TX. If it was done, it could help the situation a lot. 30 GW of capacity!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tres_Amigas_SuperStation

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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by reportingsjr on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @08:13PM (#26161329)
Nit: IF this gets built (big if), it will be in New Mexico, not Texas.

It's also very unlikely that it would be near 30GW of transmission capacity.

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