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		zamadatix on Feb 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What went wrong with the Texas power grid? People aren't talking about it because it's something like 0.2% of summer energy production in TX, a sunny state, so a very far off problem compared to pretty much any other power related issue or concern to solve for.

u678u on Feb 17, 2021 [–]

I can't find a good source but an old site says 300k homes have solar panel a few years ago, by now it could realistically be 5%. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/19/the-us-states-leading-the-wa...

zamadatix on Feb 17, 2021 | [–]

The 0.2% figure was an exact power figure for TX summer 2020, not sure what that'd be in %homes with >0 panels.

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