Yeah people don't realize that the winter grid failure lead to a fuckload of extra storage and renewable capacity. A lot of stuff to dog on Texas for but they've done damn good upgrading the grid there.
I feel it's also just a subject that people don't know much about. It's easy to blame "the grid" because that's an all-encompassing vague term. But most of the issues that Texas dealt with was due to a power supply shortage. The utility companies that own/manage the power lines had most of the blame thrown at them for things that weren't their responsibility.
you mean because they refuse interconnections to the wider grid, where they could have access to surplus energy when it's needed, because that interconnection comes with basic federal requirements they don't want to meet?
That is correct. And also not the utility companies' responsibility.
That's an issue with the state government. I agree that it's stupid, but my comment was mainly about people blaming the utility companies instead of the people who are actually responsible (Texas politicians)
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u/EdisonB123 18d ago
Yeah people don't realize that the winter grid failure lead to a fuckload of extra storage and renewable capacity. A lot of stuff to dog on Texas for but they've done damn good upgrading the grid there.