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Congested transmission lines cause renewable power to go to waste in Texas (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Lucky@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From the article, coal power plants are being decommissioned and overall output from coal has been dropping for the last several years. This is actually an issue with how much is generated during windy days in west Texas from their wind mills