And even today, a Wikipedia page on the Texas power grid states, “The Texas Interconnection is maintained as a separate grid for political, rather than technical reasons.” These explanations reflect some of the mythology around electric power in Texas, and some truth. “It’s all politics,” a former executive of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation quipped to me. “Texans would be without electricity for longer than three days to keep the federal government out of their business,” former Texas Gov. As Winter Storm Uri wreaked havoc across Texas in February 2021, pundits, politicians and the public reflected on the unique status of the state’s isolated electric power grid.
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