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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Texas has a handful (I think 5) of DC tie lines that connect to other jurisdictions.
This is similar to Alberta with our three interties.
It is true that both Alberta and Texas are poorly connected to their neighbors relative to the average internal loading.
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i think you might be mistaken.
The north panhandle has an interconnect.. and some of western texas. but most of texas is it's own grid-- unconnected to the two major grids.
apparently Texas went solo because power companies wanted to avoid the costs (and federal regulation) of compliance associate with tying into one of the national grids
one commentatiator mentioned this situation was similar to the regulatory environment pursued by Enron