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Probably the usual whining about it struggling in the extreme of the unusually cold spells it has had recently.
by dotnet00 3y ago
Probably the usual whining about it struggling in the extreme of the unusually cold spells it has had recently.
- __loam 3y agoAfter the private sector failed to winterize the grid, yes.
- google234123 3y agoCompared to the California grid? Which seems to have blackouts every summer? Blackouts whenever it rains too much? Extraordinarily high costs? I’d take the Texas electrical prices and the single large black out over what we have from PGE
- yellowapple 3y agoBoth Texas and California suffer from the same underlying cause: corporations putting profits over preventative maintenance and future-proofing. Not all of California is on PG&E, however; Sacramento (where I grew up) has SMUD, and while it ain't perfect, either, it's leaps and bounds better than PG&E - almost as if being community-owned means there's a stronger incentive to actually meet the needs of said community.