Re: RE: engine failure
Texas DOES connect to other states--usually it's to export (at lot) of power.
Most of what I've read says that the interconnects are tiny, relative to the total state grid. The total power that could come across those interconnects (they are AFAIK DC interconnects for power trades, they aren't a grid-level synchronized AC interconnect system) was irrelevant to the scale of the power loss in Texas, they could only provide a tiny percentage of the power deficit.
I can't find the specific news article I read that in (~10 minutes searching), the closest one I could find:
the state is intentionally isolated from the rest of the country, with the exception of very small ties that are used for limited power trades;
Biting the hand that feeds IT
