Texas is headed to an avoidable blackout, ...again. Article outlines the statistical folly of keeping Texas grid separated. Next crisis is likely summer rather than winter.
Texas’ Avoidable Blackout https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2024/05/19/texas-is-heading-towards-an-avoidable-blackoutagain/
"An isolated grid also creates persistent problems even when no foul weather impacts the state"
It is really stupid to stay separate but the issue is a symbolic political issue (what isn't these day) that keeps TX politicians from facing the evidence.