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> the Midwest went into a power emergency of their own, and ERCOT was no longer able to import approximately 600 MW.

It feels like people are blaming other networks for needing their planned-for emergency capacity and not dropping everything for TX

People are attacking texas' less interconnected system for being "independent" and others are pointing out more interconnections from places with no power to spare would not have helped.

Assuming there is a planned extra capacity/planned expected failure rate/additional set of regulations and guidelines, its not mainly the literal "connectedness" of the grids, but the "independence" part that is being attacked, specifically being independent from federal oversight.

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