***One thing Im confused by....in the summer Texas sells electricity to California and other states. Why cant they buy it from them during these winter problems? ****
Here is the problem ERCOT is a power pool strictly withing TEXAS. If it crossed state lines with connections to other power pools the the US Government could regulate it. ERCOT has been designed so as NOT to be able to connect to outside sources, except Mexico.
Some other companies within Texas are not connected to ERCOT and do have connections to outside state sources for power.
Thanks for the info. I didn’t know about ERCOT specifics. I forgot Texas grid is independent from the rest of the country. Good the feds can’t control them.