Post by: AngelOfThyNight on February 25, 2021, 05:26:54 PM
Texans don't like outsiders telling us what to do. So alone among the lower 48 states, we have our own independent electric grid, covering about 75% of the state, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), a non-profit corporation that is regulated by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature, The rest of the contiguous United States' power grids are part of either the Western Interconnect grid or the Eastern Interconnect, putting them under control of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Source: Texas smartly goes it alone on electric power (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/ehr0bGslFtg/index.html)