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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by blake1 on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @09:11PM (#26161767)
This is incorrect. MISO, the system to the north and east of TX, has capacity. The DC ties cannot handle it. You can see this by checking the price signals on their page. Right now, the TX hub is about $1,000 but the MS hub is about $60.

https://api.misoenergy.org/MISORTWD/lmpcontourmap.html

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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by txlpo78 on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @09:50PM (#26162082)
MISO does not have the capacity either. Sections of eastern Texas, such as Orange, are under MISO, and they too have been dealing with blackouts due to lack of capacity. Parts of Louisiana under MISO are also being told that they will see blackouts soon.

https://www.klfy.com/local/cleco-rolling-blackouts-to-be-use...

https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/134700/lr-based-tra...

Again, just because you have excess power in Missouri does not mean that power can magically transfer hundreds of miles away where it is needed. Energy transfer does not work like that.

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