The 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 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.

  • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    3 hours ago

    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.

    • Adori@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      15 minutes ago

      Not everyone is ignorant in Texas, you blinded by hate smh. Over generalizing and wishing harm on your fellow man and even the innocent ones doesn’t make you better than them.

  • Willy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    35·
    1 hour ago

    why is the federal gov doing this? let Texas and Florida die if they cost that much. their bad people just fuck everything up and the real estate seems destined for trash in 50 years.

  • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
    169·
    10 hours 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
      70·
      10 hours 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.

      • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        17·
        5 hours ago

        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.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4414·
      9 hours 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
        382·
        8 hours 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
          276·
          8 hours 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.

    • cm0002@lemmy.world
      12·
      7 hours ago

      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

      • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
        7·
        7 hours ago

        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.

  • emax_gomax@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 hours ago

    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?