Our actual Grid is controlled by Texas, but the Feds control pollution permits. It's a little more complicated than that but basically yeah.

Texas has a stand alone Grid but we do tie to the outside world at two easily disconnected points, all our power plants and switching yards are metered and relayed so as to disconnect us immediately if the national grids become problematic - they cannot hurt us with their rolling brownouts and cascading blackouts for instance, but we can ship power to them.

When we wish to crank a turbine or two in emergency we are supposed to get permission slips from the Feds so they can decide how much to fine us for exceeding pollution limits, that had been arranged ahead of time but then 'someone' in the Federal office simply denied us permission, so a couple plants we needed could not be started legally.

Were I the governor I'd have ordered it done and dared the Fed to do something about it, we had already agreed to pay the fines and fees, so what could they do? I simplify here, it is harder than that, the Feds threaten every one when they do those things, a turbine has to have water and you have to do 'something' with the steam you make and a utility has to let you switch...it's a process so even if 'my power plant' fires up the Feds can order the utility to not let us switch, or tell the gas company to not let us have gas or the water authority to not let us have water...

It isn't as simple as saying 'screw you Federal government'. But each step the Fed makes to thwart you is clocked so NOW you have a case in court, except you can't sue the double damned corrupt Federal government easily. And that court case later does not help people suffering in real time.

I'm in the woods outside Houston and we were down a while, not as bad as hurricane Ike when power was down for over 2 months but several days, about 4 is all for us, longer for some others. During that time a lot of people had water pipes break because they failed to protect them properly, and a lot of those people are now trying to sue but it isn't anyone else's fault they failed to insulate their pipes or let the lines drip. One yuge problem with our Society is about half of us are not capable of functioning as viable citizens.

Anyhow, we do control our Grid but the damn Federal government has tentacles, it does, and they manage to regulate what they may not outright control. If 'Coastal Water Authority' gets a call from the Feds telling them to not give a plant water, that plant isn't gonna get water. They can backdoor us just that easy.

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