Hell froze over in Texas – the state will connect to the US grid for the first time via a fed grant
electrek.co
The DOE announces $1.5B for four transmission projects – including connecting the Texas grid to the Southeast grids for the first time ever.

Part of the larger federal grid infrastructure updates announced today.

  • kalpol@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    This story is flat out wrong. we are already connected to the other interconnects, this is just a 4th one (albeit a big one). ERCOT is still managing as normal. Also the connection can go both ways or be turned off. We actually supply a lot of power to the other grids.