The DOE announces $1.5B for four transmission projects – including connecting the Texas grid to the Southeast grids for the first time ever.

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.

  • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
    127·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • ALQ@lemmy.world
      48·
      2 months ago

      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.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3710·
      2 months ago

      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.

      • mozingo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        211·
        2 months ago

        Okay, but I’d really like to not freeze to death this winter. I can’t afford to move right now.

        • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          225·
          2 months ago

          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.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      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.