Central and Southwest Corp. Wasn't Connected Across State Lines.

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There was basically a blip in the frequency. So everyone else knew something had happened, but they didn't know what. They all agreed together not to connect across state lines because they didn't want the feds to regulate. The Texas grid started to pull itself apart.

Texas's energy grid is largely disconnected from the rest of the U.S. That led to disastrous consequences last year when the state's grid was overloaded during a winter storm. Back in the 1970s, one company attempted to change the system in a secret, middle-of-the-night operation.
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