[thaumasiotes]

> Isn't some of that because Texas has no major connections to other grids? As your quote from the article points out that means that to meet increasing demand Texas has to build more power generation in Texas.

> If California, which is well-connected to other states' grids, needs more electricity they can buy it from other states.

Well, that's not quite right, in order to meet increasing demand the increased capacity still has to be built somewhere, but it doesn't have to be built in California.

Either that or you could make the other states use less electricity.