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    Hell froze over in Texas – the state will connect to the US grid for the first time via a fed grant

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    1. wanted_to_upvote on

      Sounds like socialism to me. How will they prevent the liberal electrons from entering peoples homes?

    2. monchota on

      If you are wondering how this is happening, the fed government. Said if they don’t connect, they will no longer receive any federal disaster relief for repaiing thoae lines. The rich who run Texas don’t want to pay for it, so for connecting. They get to no pay for it, when it breaks but also get to take credit when it keeps going.

    4. BedBugger6-9 on

      First big freeze, Abbott gets in front of the cameras to tell people how he saved their lives

    5. Runnah5555 on

      Each volt has been personally blessed by Kid Rock to eliminate any potential liberal contamination.

    6. JackMertonDawkins on

      I don’t want my taxes paying for these ungrateful, bigoted secessionists

      Fuck Ted Cruz

      Let Texas just secede already. And when they realize they can’t function without the rest of the nation fuckem

      Build the wall around fucking Texas

    7. just_chilling_too on

      Are they going to prevent those gay electrons from the coast from infecting their homes now ? /s

    10. Slippinjimmyforever on

      Ah, the southern welfare queens come crawling back.

      Only took them a half decade of Texans dying due to their incompetence.

    11. McCool303 on

      The socialists have finally won by crippling Texas’ power grid multiple years in a row. /s

    12. 5ergio79 on

      What in the hell?!? I ain’t usin’ any o’ that woke ass electricity! I’d rather die in the heat like a true cosplaytriot!

    13. citizenjones on

      And somehow, guaranteeing the power grids reliance will be seen as giving up *freedom* to some.

    15. Purplebuzz on

      Democrats gonna pump gay electrons into your homes and make you start questioning your sexuality.

    16. ragzilla on

      Texas was already connected in multiple places, they have 4 existing HVDC ties at an aggregate 1.2GW. It just isn’t anywhere near enough with their winter shortfalls due to shit maintenance standards. The new tie will give them an additional 3GW of HVDC interconnect. Too bad we didn’t solve this back in 2015 with the Tres Amigas superstation, but the eastern interconnect withdrew and the whole thing fell apart.

    17. NeuroSpicyBerry on

      Fuck no. They didn’t want it. They don’t get it. Why are the rest of us subsidizing Texas.

    20. Humans_Suck- on

      Who do I have to vote for to close them out? I don’t want their shitty infrastructure fucking with my power grid.

    24. _NetscapeNavi on

      Sweet! As a Texan, I really hope this comes to fruition. Glad to see some good news for once lol.

    27. Red-Leader-001 on

      If you read the fine print, the connection is a HVDC connection. This DOES NOT mean there is a real interconnection between the two grids.

    28. Adventurous_Light_85 on

      They should make all the politicians write an essay on the pros of socialism

    32. KitchenBomber on

      Is there any advantage to the rest of the US to connect their shit grid to our good ones?

      This feels like a consolation prize for decades of republican mismanagement.

    33. Lobo9498 on

      As a Texan, parts of the state are on the national grid already. Almost all of the counties against Louisiana are connected nationally. I never lost power during the snow apocalypse. There are something like 20 border counties that connect nationally.

    34. Constant_Macaron1654 on

      Well, well, well, the prodigal state has returned. And taken a federal handout at that. /s

    35. Adept-Mulberry-8720 on

      Why are we giving them a grant? They should be thanking us for letting them join the grid (s)……assholes should freeze!

    36. turbo_fried_chicken on

      Watch that money get straight up embezzled into oblivion, lol

      It’s going to be another hellish winter, Texas! Make sure you get out and vote for Ted before your front door freezes shut again!

    38. Qontherecord on

      they privatize their grid. the people who own the grid give shit service as they enrich themselves, the rest of the county bails them out.

      U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A.

    39. T1Pimp on

      I’m sorry, why is the Fed paying for this? All Texas does is shit on being part of the US but now they want socialized handouts?

    40. fetish_onyx on

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