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Re:In Defense of Electricity Markets by sidewndr46 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @09:51AM (#37857114)
The Texas grid has not suffered any collapses that I am aware of
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Re:In Defense of Electricity Markets by mschaef on Thursday October 12, 2023 @04:30PM (#37862786)
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I can think of at least three. (1989, 2011, 2021)

Maybe you can quibble over the definition of 'collapse', but in each of those three events there was a significant inability of the grid to meet demand (and subsequent involuntary demand curtailment).

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