In a free market Texas could connect to the interstate grid which would average some of the localized reliability issues.

It’s because they want their “free market” that they don’t connect to the national grid.

	▲	barbacoa 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Texas is connected to the Eastern and Mexican grids and can share power through high voltage DC interconnect stations. They simply don't sync to the phase of other grids.
	▲	mothballed 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Other states/feds were happy to take the "free market" of Texas during WWII when they direly needed it and other Gulf states begged Texas to connect. It's a holier than thou thing for the other states. "Free market" buying from Texas when they need it, when they don't it's "fuck the free market" and cut texas off via legislation and refuse to provide the same assistance that Texans provided.