State officials are reluctant to ask ratepayers to foot the bill for investments experts say are needed to fortify the grid against increasingly severe weather. wapo.st/3baO8Gg
@washingtonpost Why do we keep acting like small scale #localenergy systems like microgrids are "unproven"? There are literally hundreds of thousands of homes and business in the US with solar+battery that can operate when the grid is down.
@washingtonpost Increasingly severe weather due to...(just say it's climate change, put that in the headline)
@washingtonpost #TAXtheRICH #TaxTheirWealth End welfare for corporations and use the money to invest in infrastructure for ALL Americans!
@washingtonpost Corporate headquarters use more power especially to keep their sky high buildings lit even at night so let them pay their fair share.🤷🏽♂️
@washingtonpost An infrastructure stimulus is called for here, I think.
@washingtonpost Is this a joke? The ratepayers are the people who will suffer. Perhaps it’s time to claw back some of the money lost to “deregulation” and the investors, who took the money and spent it on things other than reliability.
@washingtonpost Here in Texas, figuring out creative ways to avoid requiring upgrades is an elevated artform.
@washingtonpost Because what have they been doing with our money for decades???? Ask the rich owners at the top of the pyramid to pay for it and to help elect a government that will actually DO SOMETHING to slow down the climate crisis.
@washingtonpost “Longer more frequent power outages because progressive idealists closed power plants and pushed unreliable renewable energy on the States rather than admit nuclear power is the best solution” Fixed it.