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by fuzzfactor 1948 days ago
It hasn't been that many years since Texas was connected to other grids.
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hn_throwaway_99 1948 days ago
Why do you say that? Texas has had its own grid basically forever. There are, and have been, some small connections to the other grids, but nothing that substantial.

https://www.texastribune.org/2011/02/08/texplainer-why-does-...

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fuzzfactor 1948 days ago
I was considering 1935 to not be that many years ago, compared to things like the Alamo.

They didn't have to be that isolated until the feds clamped down.

And ERCOT's only been going since 1970.

Could just be a matter of political "leadership" whether the feds are a riskier bureaucracy or the Austin-based boneheads.

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