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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by NortySpock on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:38PM (#26188421)
Depends on the definition of "giant blackouts", SPP reported having to cut 6.5% of load off for around 3 hours and 21 min

SPP press conference https://youtu.be/NUa3AKdCYvM?t=693

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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by ashtonkem on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:00PM (#26189523)
6.5% of the grid losing power for 3 hours isn’t great, but to claim that that’s equivalent to what’s going on in Texas is ridiculous. Millions of people have lost power in Texas for days. The city of Austin is running out of water because of this. It’s really, really bad down there.
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