It's not public in Texas, they're the only one of the lower 48 states to not have Federal grid.
This clusterfuck is entirely the fault of capitalism and deregulation.
U.S. - Texas is freezing - 1 dead 4 million without power - rotating blackouts
Nolan Anderson
Dylan Cruz
Our electric grid is owned by a non profit organization and a company in california. A public utility is still a public utility.
Jace Ross
>This clusterfuck is entirely the fault of capitalism and deregulation.
Or maybe its the fault of, you know, A POLAR VORTEX
Blake Brown
Texas does get it's share of snow and cold days, but it is very infrequent when it lasts for long periods at this severity. That being said, it's not a once in a century phenomenon, and choosing to not weather-proof is largely due to the way their grid runs for a profit. Just look at how they took forever before they decided that it was worth paying more for natural gas while commuting the costs to their customers.
Robert Cooper
>it's not a once in a century phenomenon
Its exceptionally rare.
>and choosing to not weather-proof is largely due to the way their grid runs for a profit
>forever before they decided that it was worth paying more for natural gas while commuting the costs to their customers.
Your complaining about them pushing costs onto consumers while at the same time advocating them taking precautions for unforeseeable events that would push costs onto consumers?
>forever before they decided that it was worth paying more for natural gas while commuting the costs to their customers.
There have been ice storms 3 (three) times in the last century: 1951, '83, '89.
Lets be real, your latching onto this event to push your ideology and will say or do anything to justify your world views. I mean holy shit, your kvetching about a once in a blue moon blackout in Texas while ignoring that blackouts are a year round phenomenon in California (excluding blackouts resulting from fire).
fuck outta here with this transparent shit.
Alexander Wood
what you described are propertires of a government/ public entity, not a private one. Has nothing to do with capitalism.
Noah Smith
>expecting a socialist to understand capital flows
Ayden Evans
>push your ideology
I'm basing this off the fact that all their neighbors in a similar position don't have nearly the same number of outages due to the way the regulations were set up. Even northern texas is still up and that's only due to not being managed by ERCOT.
Basing standards on all realistic (once every century is still "realistic") possibilities of weather is something that all public utilities should account for. The fact that ERCOT got away with this only because the way Texas set up their infrastructure is pitiful. Hopefully this gives them a well-deserved lesson.
I never brought up capitalism. I'm blaming the Texas government for treating a public utility the way they do.
Carter Wilson
>got away with this only because the way Texas set up their infrastructure is pitiful
Because of a single blackout? And what then is the diagnosis for California?
>once every century is still "realistic"
No, its the exception not the norm.
Brayden Rogers
Utter bullshit. Post source other than some rightwing echo chamber or stfu.