Ercot nearly at capacity for Texas power grid
Problem is that:<p>1) People&#x27;s use of energy is relatively insensitive to price, or they don&#x27;t know the price, or few people care about the price when it comes time to need it<p>2) When you need the energy, it&#x27;s too late to make the equipment&#x2F;house more efficient, and when you don&#x27;t need it, people don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s important to make it more efficient<p>3) Mandating that people upgrade their equipment is unpopular, they vote against it, yet when they get hit with the bill for the energy later, they&#x27;re unhappy with government for not having done more to control it.<p>It&#x27;s a thankless job, to be sure.  Good thing taking away people&#x27;s incandescent bulbs was recognized as a threat to democracy and stopped.