"Fragility" is a *feature* that is engineered into the TX grid by right wing politics.
1) No connection to outside grids for backup capacity. Have to maintain that dream of seceding from the union.
2) Their "free market" real time power auction punishes any provider who tries to plan for reserve capacity and extreme events. They are sure to lose out in this auction to those that don't.
3) During extreme events, power prices spike through the roof so people couldn't pay their bill even if they had power. But now government has interfered in this "free market" and set limits on this. Communists!
Yes, the ones that are the most vocal about "small govnt" and "free market" are the ones that are the first to wait for handouts and bailouts. I say: no thanks. Want your stupid policies? Those come with consequences. People need to separate reality from pipe dreams.
jqpabc123|2 years ago
1) No connection to outside grids for backup capacity. Have to maintain that dream of seceding from the union.
2) Their "free market" real time power auction punishes any provider who tries to plan for reserve capacity and extreme events. They are sure to lose out in this auction to those that don't.
3) During extreme events, power prices spike through the roof so people couldn't pay their bill even if they had power. But now government has interfered in this "free market" and set limits on this. Communists!
x86x87|2 years ago