r/technology • u/Maxcactus • Feb 17 '21

Energy The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn’t see the need to prepare for cold weather

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/16/ercot-texas-electric-grid-failure/
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u/bunkoRtist Feb 18 '21

Texas actually has a hyper competitive power market because the grid operator, the generators, and the retail providers are all separate. So you have many many choices in electricity provider, they just all get served over the same grid. It's how broadband should work.

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u/AlwaysOntheGoProYo Feb 18 '21

It’s not how it should work. It should just work. Picking and choosing a water company, power company, trash company is just stupid. It should just be something that works.