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    Fuck em

    https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/…

    "To understand what is happening right now in Texas -- and who's to blame -- you have to go back to 1935, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Federal Power Act, which governed electricity sharing and sales between the states. Basically, it allowed the federal government to regulate states who brought power in from outside their state lines.

    Texas, never a fan of federal intrusion, set up its own power grid system -- split between northern and southern Texas -- to avoid any federal involvement. That led eventually to the formation of ERCOT in 1970 and this strange fact: There are three power grids in the United States -- the eastern power grid, the western power grid and, well, Texas.

    Yes, you read that right. Texas has its own power grid. Because it is Texas.

    And while being independent from the yoke of federal regulation has always been a point of pride for Texas, the limits of that strategy are being realized now. See, because Texas -- or at least 90% of the state -- is controlled by ERCOT, they can't simply borrow power from either the eastern or western power grids. That's never been a problem before because Texas has always been able to generate more power than its citizens need. But the reality is that Texas is an electricity island, which isn't a problem until the lights go out, and you don't have enough power in the state to turn them back on."

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    • Holy shit. But I do find it funny when people blame folks from nearly a full century ago for their current problems.nb
    • Has no one inside or out of Texas suggested changing this in 86 years? I'm guessing someone has.nb
    • But I thought everyone was leaving other states for Texas because it’s so awesome how low the tax rate is. How’s this for low taxes_niko
    • ^i am waiting for rogan's reaction to all this :)renderedred
    • The entire USA power grid is a house of cards. Texas is no exceptionGnash
    • Granted there is room for improvement, I'd still rather Texas be free from Federal involvement.MondoMorphic
    • @Gnash The US power grid has nothing to do with this. Texas is THE exception because it's the only state not on the grid.garbage
    • @mondo Yeah, decades of stubborn deregulation and "Texas Pride" sure is working out great for them right now.garbage
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