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Department of Energy tabs $360M to connect ERCOT to U.S. power grid (www.chron.com)

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The U.S. government doesn't want another 2021 freeze situation.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It is a transmission line that is part of the overall national strategy to increase reliability and connectivity. The ERCOT market is different from the rest of the country, which is a federal jurisdiction. Different rules that make electrical trade illegal/incompatible. For the ERCOT market, it means it can, under emergency request, draw energy from MISO-S region, instead of burning coal & oil emergency stockpiles. While the same line provides additional reliability and throughput for the MISO-S region.