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[deleted] t1_j1kjcsk wrote

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RedWhiteAndLou t1_j1kl1wk wrote

That somehow makes us impervious to the impact of a historical weather event?

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[deleted] t1_j1kmm5g wrote

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RedWhiteAndLou t1_j1kmtxl wrote

TIL other countries have never had to conserve energy to prevent a potential brief blackout.

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MintyLacroix t1_j1krtrj wrote

You sure gave Texas a hard time last year.

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Seven7Shadows t1_j1lt1f9 wrote

There was no blackout. PJM’s systems worked. Regardless, this was an operation to help the entire country grid system (notably by exporting to MISO). So it’s actually an exact example of something ERCOT couldn’t do to help itself last year. https://twitter.com/dr_a_stein/status/1606755212886147072?s=46&t=g4KpMovi-KJNnltFrF-dlw

Anyway, this is also an event that has caused trouble for all the power systems - rather than last year where exclusively ERCOT had issues during that cold snap.

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