The US Department of Energy (DOE) announces $1.5B for four transmission projects – including connecting the Texas grid to the rest of the US for the first time ever.
The projects, spanning multiple states, will add nearly 1,000 miles of new transmission lines and increase grid capacity by 7,100 megawatts (MW). They’ll boost grid reliability, lower energy costs, and support the clean energy transition.
I’m glad the non-assholes in Texas are going to see improvement from this, even if the Conservatives get to ride on their coattails.
Im from Texas and even die-hard Republicans hate ERCOT and the entire system. It’s one of the few areas where they aren’t brainwashed.
When it gets cold, the power gets super expensive as they sit down plants. When it gets hot, the power gets super expensive as they shut down plants. If they’re anticipating a heat wane, they start shutting down plants for “maintenance” to drive up the price of power as demand peaks. They got too greedy in the last few years, and I think things may actually change.
In Texas you can go attack women, LGBT folk, educators, non-Whites, Hispanics, Jews (but not Israel), children, and religous group that isn’t a hateful branch of Christianity. That’s all fine here.
But don’t you fucking dare touch our air conditioning.
I agree. As much as I’d love karmic retribution for the ones who deserve it, I don’t want it at the expense of the ones who don’t.
I was going to make a joke about building a utility grid and making Texas pay for it, but I realized that telling those kinds of people that they’ll have heat and electricity in the winter and that their bill is going down thanks to big government and socialism is fitting punishment.
