The magic of the deregulated free markets

Cypress

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The parts of Texas not on its ERCOT power grid appear to have weathered the freeze with few outages

Texas is nearing the end of what Gov. Greg Abbott (R) called "a once-in-every-120-year cold front," but that doesn't entirely explain why more than a million households still had no electricity early Thursday, after three full days of below-freezing temperatures.

Plenty of places in the world keep their power on in prolonged arctic weather, and so did parts of Texas.

Those edges of Texas, including El Paso, "are primarily in areas outside of those supported by ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the electric grid for 90 percent of the state and operates separately from federal oversight and regulation," KHOU 11 Houston reported Wednesday night.

On the other side of Texas, near the Louisiana border, the city of Beaumont also appears to have weather the storm without massive outages. Entergy, which powers Beaumont on the Eastern Interconnect grid, told KHOU it also winterized its infrastructure after the 2011 storm.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/parts-texas-not-ercot-power-080159059.html
 
The parts of Texas not on its ERCOT power grid appear to have weathered the freeze with few outages

Texas is nearing the end of what Gov. Greg Abbott (R) called "a once-in-every-120-year cold front," but that doesn't entirely explain why more than a million households still had no electricity early Thursday, after three full days of below-freezing temperatures.

Plenty of places in the world keep their power on in prolonged arctic weather, and so did parts of Texas.

Those edges of Texas, including El Paso, "are primarily in areas outside of those supported by ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the electric grid for 90 percent of the state and operates separately from federal oversight and regulation," KHOU 11 Houston reported Wednesday night.

On the other side of Texas, near the Louisiana border, the city of Beaumont also appears to have weather the storm without massive outages. Entergy, which powers Beaumont on the Eastern Interconnect grid, told KHOU it also winterized its infrastructure after the 2011 storm.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/parts-texas-not-ercot-power-080159059.html

I live where hurricane pass by rather frequently and power is often out as a result but I've never been with out lights or air conditioning.
 
Funny How Women’s Bodies NEED to be Regulated, but NOT the Electric Grid :laugh:

Apparently it is all about profit.

ERCOT did not want to lose profit by winterizing its infrastructure, and the Republican-led Texas state energy commission did not require them to do so.

The magic of the free markets at work.
 
Apparently it is all about profit.

ERCOT did not want to lose profit by winterizing its infrastructure, and the Republican-led Texas state energy commission did not require them to do so.

The magic of the free markets at work.

Technically it's not a free market and in most cases utilities are not part of a free market system. Free markets require voluntary participation by both parties. That's just not the case with utilities.
 
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