Name:   architect - Subject:   Guess what people Date:   2/17/2021 4:58:27 PM (updated 2/17/2021 5:06:39 PM)

Texas is the only state that has refused to join one of the 2 national power grids.  Why, because the nasty old Federal Government ovresees the Eastern and Western grid so obviously the Great and Sovereign State of Texas could do it bigger and better without the interference of those socialistic feds.  At the peak 4 million customers (in people effected that equates to an AL, MS and AR) are freezing their butts off and there is no way for the feds to send power to help.  Of course Rick Perry has no problem, he says TX would rather face the blackout on their own than crawl to the feds for help.  Are you listen congress?

Cornyn and Cruz opposed aid to NJ and NY after Super Storm Sandy.  Wonder what they are planning to say now?

BTW: TX is out 30MW of power production, 10% of it is from wind and solar sources.  Wind generators in the upper midwest are designed to operate and have operated in conditions much more severe than those in TX.  To be sure, it is understandable that TX, where current conditions are so rare, did not see the need to spend extra to cover themselves in such rare conditions, after all how many snowplows does Miami own, but perhaps they might want to rethink that going forward.