[mountn man]

How does one get the solar produced power from Texas or wherever to, let’s say Maryland (or Alaska, or Hawaii)?

You don’t just produce electricity at one point and have endless supplies at the farthest point.

[COBOL2Java]

How does one get the solar produced power from Texas or wherever to, let’s say Maryland (or Alaska, or Hawaii)?

You don’t just produce electricity at one point and have endless supplies at the farthest point.

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You'd be surprised...

The electrical grid that powers mainland North America is divided into multiple regions. The Eastern Interconnection and the Western Interconnection are the largest. Three other regions include the Texas Interconnection, the Quebec Interconnection, and the Alaska Interconnection. Each region delivers 60 Hz electrical power. The regions are not directly connected or synchronized to each other, but there are some HVDC interconnections.

That is why a squirrel committing harikari on a transmitter caused a major blackout on the Eastern grid in 2003.

[Ozark Tom]

Would need a very high voltage DC line, as AC transmission line has significant EM field losses over long distances.

[csivils]

The transport problem is even harder since the Texas electric grid does not connect to the rest of the country. They going to ship it with trucks? :)