Texas power plants have no responsibility to provide electricity in emergencies, judges rule
Texas power plants have no responsibility to provide electricity in emergencies, judges rule
A panel of judges has said that big power companies cannot be held liable for failure to provide electricity during the 2021 blackout. The reason is Texas’ deregulated energy market.
Fine, fine. Then I don't want to hear any bitching by code inspectors or anybody else about how I have my backup off-grid power tied to my house. And I sure as shit don't want to hear any whining along the lines of, "But it's illegal to disconnect from the grid."
If you disavow responsibility, so do I.
Lol they'll condemn your house and take it. Something something laws bind you, but not corporations something something... /S
IMHO more power to you
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
"I thought you said the law is powerless."
"Powerless to help you. not punish you."Reminds me of how citizens are required to obey orders from police, but police have no duty to protect you or be truthful.
power to you
I see what you did there.
Do you have it setup to shut off the main when the backup is running? My understanding is that energizing the grid can kill a lineman if power is coming from your house while they’re working.
Yes, you should for reason and probably others.
You can get gadgets to do this for you. Or you can just remember to shut off your main breaker before starting your generator or flipping your giant Frankenstein style knife switch to your battery bank or whatever, and turn it back on only after you've disconnected your backup.
I'm putting a generator on my house as we speak and learning very quickly that the "contractor" an otherwise reliable source referred me to doesn't seem to know what the ever living fuck he's doing.
I'm gonna end up so far out of code it'll be laughable, but I'm kinda stuck as I'm already in for three grand that I can't get back.
Fortunately, I'm in one of "those" neighborhoods where police are extremely reluctant to bother, and the generator itself will be well hidden behind fencing when code enforcement drives by.
Still, I've got a sick feeling that I'm either going to burn my house down in a good faith effort to stay alive or I'm gonna end up with a bajillion dollars in fines that I'll only be able to get out of by surrendering my deed.
Either of those two scenarios come to fruition, and I'm out of this God forsaken shithole of a third world state the very next day.
Corporations before people. Can’t say I’m surprised.
Straight Capitalism without a strong socialist underpinning is seriously fucking insane.
Some things just shouldn't be privatized, period. America is seriously fucked up.
Ah Texas, you are certainly something else
Reminder that Texas sucks. Republicans suck too. They’re a pox on America.
Get out of Texas, they're not on your side.
Or, stop letting gerrymandering and voter suppression ruin the blue votes. Ya know, resist
Tried that, got betrayed by blue politicians. The Democratic party in Texas as well as nationally have ceded Texas to the GOP. I'm still voting blue but I have zero expectation of anything of worth out of that party at the state level.
To the contrary, 52/46 is not a state you bail on. Look at GA turning blue. 2024 will be interesting to see what the CA migration makes as far as a dent in the ~5% vote difference. Texas will turn blue eventually, it's a matter of when and if it's too late to turn the ship around at that point.
Do consumers have a responsibility to pay for electricity?
Existence was a mistake.