fukhueson@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDepartment of Energy announces $1.5 billion in electric grid improvementswww.upi.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down14
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minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoI think a small portion of Texas is connected to the federal grid. Maybe this would extend that?
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoThere was an article posted today on /c/texas (Lemmy World, I think) about them actually connecting to the national grid. I guess there actually was a cold day in hell…
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThis was planned, it’s a cycle. Claim Big government is destroying XYZ. (This gains points with dumbasses) Disconnect or shut down XYZ, while gutting it for profit. When XYZ fails, blame libtards, and quietly get bail out from Feds who now pay to fix XYZ. Profit Restart at 1. This has been the conservative play book for 20 years in US.
minus-squarejake_jake_jake_@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoit does appear that ERCOT finally saw the writing on the wall. i’m not opposed to giving texas money for their grid if it means they will be subjected to the same federal oversight that occurs elsewhere. https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-invests-15-billion-bolster-nations-electricity-grid-and-0
I think a small portion of Texas is connected to the federal grid. Maybe this would extend that?
There was an article posted today on /c/texas (Lemmy World, I think) about them actually connecting to the national grid.
I guess there actually was a cold day in hell…
This was planned, it’s a cycle.
Claim Big government is destroying XYZ. (This gains points with dumbasses)
Disconnect or shut down XYZ, while gutting it for profit.
When XYZ fails, blame libtards, and quietly get bail out from Feds who now pay to fix XYZ.
Profit
Restart at 1.
This has been the conservative play book for 20 years in US.
it does appear that ERCOT finally saw the writing on the wall. i’m not opposed to giving texas money for their grid if it means they will be subjected to the same federal oversight that occurs elsewhere. https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-invests-15-billion-bolster-nations-electricity-grid-and-0