“By maintaining the independence of the Texas Power Grid, I am not imposing governmental regulations on the free trade of electricity.”
Of course you are - you’re forbidding the trading of electricity across state lines WITHIN THE UNITED States, not even a foreign country, unless you consider other states foreign countries.
” Allowing that incubator to be opened to outside markets that can regulate and demand excess capacity would, over time, remove all generation capacity from the state. This is not something I can support.”
Just the opposite would happen. It would create competition across state lines and the consumer would benefit and create a much less fragile system. If Texas can produce electricity at a lower price, they’ll get plenty of customers. You do believe in competition, right?
“At the same time, I think your last post proves that you are an open-borders globalist who sees no issue with trading regardless of the long-term consequences. You probably did not like the way President Trump put tariffs on Chinese products.”
I was definitely in favor of what Trump was doing. What we had with China was not free trade but stupid trade. For free trade to work it has to be free in both directions, and that was not the case with China (or with Mexico and Canada under NAFTA).
But we’re not even talking about trading between countries but within states of the US - and you object to that as well.
BTW, I’m still waiting for your solution to the current electricity problem in Texas. Why are you keeping it so secret from me?
You sound just like a member of the CCP. Every argument you make is one the CCP could equally make to Biden.
Let’s just agree to disagree. I would rather keep Texas separate and secure because as I am beginning to see it, much of the rest of the nation is looking more like a Banana Republic to me.
Does that make me Protectionist? Unabashedly so!
I do not want to see your rate-payer subsidized excess capacity put my generators out of business any more than I want to see the Chinese subsidized manufacturers put American manufacturers out of business. Fair Trade is one thing, but it needs to be fair.