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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by cat199 on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @09:42PM (#26162017)
> Running your own grid seems cool Texas style, until you have a regional problem and have no where to turn.

This cuts both ways, and most of the rest country is often a benefactor - many US/NA companies (and I'm assuming govt/military) have a 3rd DR location on the TX grid precisely because it provides an additional point of redundancy. TX also wasn't impacted by CA mismanagement of it's grid, for example..

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Re:What went wrong with the Texas power grid? by booi on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @05:56PM (#26172957)
Right, TX is just impacted by its own mismanagement of its grid.

Most companies that have and need DR put them in locations with independent power, not based on which grid they are in.

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