alt Hacker NewsFYI the Texas grid produces the most power of any state, twice as much in fact as either California or Florida.
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schneems • today at 4:31 PM
It is also poorly regulated and failed recently and killed several hundreds of people.
Oh, and the energy market that underpins the Texas grid was designed by Enron, literally.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1004840920/the-disconnect-power...
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It is also disconnected from the rest of the US power system. There was a Planet Money episode on it a few years back. https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124365488/the-midnight-conne...