• magnetosphere@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Oh, Texas. Your power grid is an endless source of amusement (for people who don’t have to rely on it, of course).

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      6 months ago

      Losing power for three days, but knowing my energy bill will be twice as high as last months is always a cool feeling.

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            6 months ago

            so what’s the reason they’re the only state independent from the national grid?
            they just know better?
            guess that’s why they call it the lone star state

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              6 months ago

              so what’s the reason they’re the only state independent from the national grid?

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Interconnection

              There’s a whole article on it in Wikipedia, but the TL;DR; boils down to “If we’re not connected nationally then we don’t have to abide by national regulations”.

              That’s ostensibly a cost-saving, assuming you don’t think too hard about what’s being regulated. But its also a great opportunity to price gouge consumers.

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      5 months ago

      The reason Texans hate government so much is because they have no idea what it looks like when it’s run correctly.