Geregelt schon... Aber die privaten Erzeuger halten sich nicht unbedingt an die Regeln weil korrekte Wartung ihrer Infrastruktur mehr Geld kostet als der 'wird schon gehen'-Ansatz. Siehe
War bei den Rolling Blackouts nicht Manipulation durch ENRON im Spiel? Laut hier schon:
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California had an installed generating capacity of 45 GW. At the time of the blackouts, demand was 28 GW. A demand-supply gap was created by energy companies, mainly Enron, to create an artificial shortage. Energy traders took power plants offline for maintenance in days of peak demand to increase the price.[8][6] Traders were thus able to sell power at premium prices, sometimes up to a factor of 20 times its normal value. Because the state government had a cap on retail electricity charges, this market manipulation squeezed the industry's revenue margins, causing the bankruptcy of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and near bankruptcy of Southern California Edison in early 2001.[7]:?2?3?
According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the financial crisis was possible because of legislation instituted in 1996 by the California Legislature (AB 1890) and Governor Pete Wilson that deregulated some aspects of the energy industry. Enron took advantage of this partial deregulation and was involved in economic withholding and inflated price bidding in California's spot markets.
[8]BTW: Pete Wilson ist Republikaner.
So sollte es sein, das Gesetz in Texas sagt was anderes. Da hat die Lobby ganze Arbeit geleistet.
Gerrit