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Tesla Urges Texas Drivers to Charge During Off-Peak Hours Due To Record Heat Wave

For the past three days Texas and many other states have been experiencing a heat wave. Consequently, the state’s power grid is at risk of being strained. Consequently, the state’s grid operator, ERCOT, is asking Texans to cut their power usage. The situation in the Lone Star State was serious enough to where Tesla even… Read More Tesla Urges Texas Drivers to Charge During Off-Peak Hours Due To Record Heat Wave

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Six Texas Power Plants Go Off Line, Residents Urged To Reduce Power Usage

After six Texas power plants went off line resulting from a heat wave, state regulators (ERCOT) urged Texans to reduce their energy consumption. From Bloomberg: The power-plant failures resulted in a loss of about 2,900 megawatts of electricity, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said in an email statement Friday. That’s enough power for about… Read More Six Texas Power Plants Go Off Line, Residents Urged To Reduce Power Usage

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Rural California Counties Hit Hard by Power Outages

The state of California penalizes the state’s utility companies, like Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), by holding them strictly liable resulting from any mishap with the company’s service area. For example, any outbreaks of wildfires resulting from sparks from company power lines hitting each other due to high winds or a tree limb blown into… Read More Rural California Counties Hit Hard by Power Outages

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Tom Steyer Funds AZ Ballot Initiative to Enrich Himself, Screw Residents

In addition to his obsessive quest to see President Donald Trump impeached, billionaire Tom Steyer is funding a ballot initiative in Arizona that will if enacted, increase the state’s usage of so-called clean energy sources. On top of all of that, Steyer is also financing a voter registration drive in The Grand Canyon State in… Read More Tom Steyer Funds AZ Ballot Initiative to Enrich Himself, Screw Residents

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New York environmentalists sue to halt power plant reactivation

Hurricane Sandy damaged quite a bit of homes and facilities when she tore through New York. Among the facilities the storm damaged was the Danskammer power plant located near Poughkeepsie. Due to the amount of water that thrashed the area, the plant was nearly destroyed resulting in its owners declaring bankruptcy and seeking to sell… Read More New York environmentalists sue to halt power plant reactivation

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