PDA

View Full Version : Biden taking care of Texas for Texas



Blake
10-06-2024, 11:05 AM
"The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday that it would provide up to $360 million in public funding to construct a 320-mile line connecting the ERCOT grid to power grids in the southeastern U.S. According to the DOE, the line, called the Southern Spirit, will be used to "enhance reliability and prevent outages" during potentially catastrophic weather events.

ERCOT's grid, which can draw power from other grids but is otherwise contained in its own bubble, infamously failed in February 2021 during a significant freeze that gripped the entire Lone Star State. Also known as Winter Storm Uri, the freeze led to outages in 4.5 million homes across Texas....."

https://www.chron.com/news/article/texas-ercot-power-grid-energy-19814295.php

Spurs Homer
10-06-2024, 12:46 PM
Abbott will look for a political angle and trash biden in…5,4,3….

Ef-man
10-06-2024, 03:06 PM
muh self-sufficiency energy abbott quietly bends the knee

Blake
10-06-2024, 03:16 PM
Stupid that only it cost $360 million to do it and it took this long

pgardn
10-06-2024, 04:27 PM
Some States just want to punch themselves in the face.
Now the red team in Texas will chant USA?

z0sa
10-06-2024, 04:58 PM
It's shit like this that has me voting Democrat. Why act like the state doesn't need the federal government then take billions of dollars from them? Why lie about it constantly?

ElNono
10-06-2024, 06:15 PM
It's shit like this that has me voting Democrat. Why act like the state doesn't need the federal government then take billions of dollars from them? Why lie about it constantly?

At least he didn't claim Mexico is going to pay for it, tbh