Confirms what others have reported. In 1935, Pr
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Confirms what others have reported.
Uniquely there remains no access for TX to more abundant power for emergencies from the two large national grids that could supply it.
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In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Federal Power Act, which gave the federal government the authority to regulate interstate power lines. Texas, having created its own grid, decided it wanted no part of the act.
“These entities decided that they wanted to keep their power flows intrastate,” Magness said. “They wanted to keep them all in Texas so they wouldn’t be subject to this new federal power over electricity.”
Uniquely there remains no access for TX to more abundant power for emergencies from the two large national grids that could supply it.
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