- cross-posted to:
- texas
- cross-posted to:
- texas
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.
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I don’t like saying this, but you reap what you sow. This is pretty on par with what all the Texans I know believe. Pull yourselves up by your bootstraps. If your bootstraps are missing then it’s definitely someone else’s fault.
I like 7 gigawatts over 7,100 megawatts.
I should call the doctor. I’m hallucinating
So….socialism? Someone wake up Ted Cruz from his Corona nap on a chair in Cancun!
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.
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.
I’m not, we’re bailing them out from their arrogant stupidity.
They’re going to end up gaming us like Enron, selling power to us when it’s most expensive and taking it only when it’s free.
Then eventually they’ll go back to playing games to make sure everyone in the country has brownouts they can profit off of.
Never, EVER trust Texans in energy, they’re worse than the mafia.
Okay, but I’d really like to not freeze to death this winter. I can’t afford to move right now.
Yeah but that’s always the way it is, and in the meantime everyone else suffers.
I remember in 2006 when gas prices skyrocketed and there were Texas towns celebrating, I also remember enron fucking over California’s and bragging about how smart they were.
I’d gladly donate to a fund to help people escape the south, it was brutal for me to get out and I had family, but they’re destroying the country.
That’s SOCIALISM! FREEZING to Death is TRUE Patriotism!
Ah. Don’t want the heat and light to fail in Republicstan this close to an election.
I mean, it still could, there’s absolutely no way they’re (not for “just” 1.5b anyways) getting online with the rest of the grid in ~30 days
But they SAY they are. Then people vote for them again, they move the football out of the way, grandma freezes to death, and Charlie Brown falls on his ass.
A fucking grant? Come the fuck on.
What did Grant do to hurt you?
He didn’t order Uncle Bobby Sherman to finish his work.
Ok, this wasn’t on my bingo card.
I’m… impressed. (I didn’t read the article, mind you.)
Isn’t it a bit late in the year to be doing this? Like is this because we all know there’s gonna be blackouts in the winter months. Will this be completed in time to prevent that?
The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the 2nd best time is today.
The 2nd best time would have been 19 years, 11 months and 29 days ago.
Engineering and planning will probably take 2 years. Then years more for eminent domain and actual construction.
Hey. I made that joke first about hell freezing over. Booo!
