Source - The colors of the grids represent CO2 emissions
The title is a reference to the 2021 Texas power crisis
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2024
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isn't the entirety of the US split into two separate grids? East and west? And also texas, because they're silly.
Like i'm pretty sure this is just, factually incorrect.
Sure but there are also regional divisions like on this map. There's even connections between Texas and East and West grids, they're not even totally separate
yeah regional divisions make sense, but i'm not sure why they would matter all that much, in the grand scheme of things it's not exactly "my problem"
I wouldnt be surprised if they weren't fully separate, from what i understand though, texas has a pretty much isolated grid since that allows them to get around federal regulations for power production. And the east and west would more than likely be a systems scale thing, it's just better to have it split down the middle. Considering how few people generally live there.
iirc they're connected via DC not AC so they have "local" control over maintaining the 60hz frequency.
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that would actually make a lot more sense, it would also explain why they're "separate" grids as well.