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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by txlpo78 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @07:34PM (#26187892)
http://www.ercot.com/news/releases/show/225369

> the Midwest went into a power emergency of their own, and ERCOT was no longer able to import approximately 600 MW.

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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by slenk on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:57PM (#26189063)
It feels like people are blaming other networks for needing their planned-for emergency capacity and not dropping everything for TX
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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by snowwindwaves on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:30PM (#26189748)
People are attacking texas' less interconnected system for being "independent" and others are pointing out more interconnections from places with no power to spare would not have helped.
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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by hayst4ck on Friday February 19, 2021 @02:48AM (#26190655)
Assuming there is a planned extra capacity/planned expected failure rate/additional set of regulations and guidelines, its not mainly the literal "connectedness" of the grids, but the "independence" part that is being attacked, specifically being independent from federal oversight.
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