Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoTexas nationalists rage at power grid planswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down15
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minus-squareNougat@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up47arrow-down4·9 months agoI also oppose this bill, because I don’t think that the rest of the country’s power grids should be negatively impacted by Texas’ grid mismanagement.
minus-squareDark Arc@social.packetloss.gglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 months agoActually it wouldn’t. If they connect to the federal grid they’re subject to federal regulation. The whole reason they did their own thing originally is that they didn’t want to be subject to the tyranny of the federal government.
minus-squareSuiXi3D@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·9 months agoAs a Texan, I believe we could use a lot more of the Federal Government intervening in our state affairs.
I also oppose this bill, because I don’t think that the rest of the country’s power grids should be negatively impacted by Texas’ grid mismanagement.
Actually it wouldn’t. If they connect to the federal grid they’re subject to federal regulation. The whole reason they did their own thing originally is that they didn’t want to be subject to the tyranny of the federal government.
As a Texan, I believe we could use a lot more of the Federal Government intervening in our state affairs.