A Tale of Two Grids: Texas and California

A Tale of Two Grids: Texas and California

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By Ralph Cavanagh, Energy Co-Director
Climate and Clean Energy Program Natural Resources Defense Council

AFTER TEXAS PLUNGED into darkness and cold for much of an entire week, its grid operator told an apoplectic state legislature that “unlike California” and other regions in earlier years, Texas had avoided a full-on grid collapse by selectively interrupting service for large parts of the state.

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