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.

  • mozingo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    192·
    3 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
      144·
      3 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.