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by margalabargala 1952 days ago
It seems highly unlikely that exactly 100% of the capacity of the interconnects is, coincidentally, precisely equal to the amount of excess power available to be fed into the interconnects at the moment. Do you have anything to back up this extraordinary claim?
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txlpo78 1952 days ago
Did anyone make that claim? No. Go re-read my comment and try again.
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margalabargala 1950 days ago
Yes, you did. Per the comment you replied to:

> As per ERCOT's status page, both of the high-voltage DC ties between Texas are currently operating at >99% of their rated capacity

So as of that comment, either the amount of power available on the other side was equal to >99% of capacity, or it was greater than capacity.

The situation has changed now and neighboring states have had to drop the amount provided to interconnects, but as of the earlier comment, more interconnects would have helped.

Your turn to try again I suppose

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