Posted on 02/21/2021 8:56:40 AM PST by TigerClaws
TEXAS POWER CRISIS THREAD: Once it was clear that the polar vortex would engulf the entire state of Texas @GovAbbott declared an emergency and asked President Biden for an EPA waiver to allow power generation facilities to operate at full capacity until the emergency passed.
2/ Biden's EPA refused Governor Abbott's request and instead offered to allow certain power generation facilities a waiver if they raised the prices they charged to Texans to more than $1,500/MWh resulting in massive statewide power outages and a failure of the grid. (Letter at below thread)
3/ The truth is that the federal government controls how Texas generates electricity - the mix of sources and the capacity of each. The EPA requires that Texas' fossil fuel power generators operate far below their maximum output.
4/ Gov. Abbott knew that if the EPA would allow our natural gas and coal power plants to operate at peak efficiency they could meet 110% of the demand the state faced last week. The EPA refused.
5/ Sadly, Biden's acting EPA chief, David Huizenga, is not an expert at power generation but instead an expert with nuclear waste management. When Gov. Abbott received the EPA's refusal he knew Texas was in trouble and there was nothing he could do about it.
6/ My question? Why didn't @GovAbbott simply order all Texas power generation facilities to operate at peak efficiency and force Biden to send his army to Texas to stop us? Does anyone think Biden would have sent the army to shut down our national gas power generation facilities?
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1363522274091929601?s=10
End of discussion and down memory hole...
So the little boy who froze to death in his family’s mobile home owes his death to Biden. Yet we are hearing more about Ted Cruz’s dog than blaming Biden for peoples’ deaths. Typical libtard enemedia choice.
Strange how it happens in a Republican state. They brought that election suit to the SCOTUS. And now they are freezing because he won’t let them crank up the power. Blood is on bidens hands and I hope the news gets out. Everyone needs to know. But social media and news won’t run it.
CHINA JOE BIDEN JUST BENT PEOPLE RIGHT OVER AND GOT EVEN WITH THEM IN TEXAS.
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That question needs to be asked on 100 other issues as well.
Texas should have told the EPA to pound sand. What are they going to do, write Texas a really stern letter? Maybe a fine? Power was switch off by command, not the weather. People froze. Why do we need the fedgov?
Not going to follow the link to Twitter. That place is full of disinformation.
If this is true, why doesn’t Abbot publicize it instead of saying ERCOT needs reform?
I was disappointed by the statement he made to that effect.
Okay, GOP, there’s your talking point: Biden killed people. You can even go all “muh free markets” on this one. Mitch? Ben? Lisa? Kevin? I can’t hear you for some reason. Biden policy got people killed. The GOP leadership appears to be fine with that.
#6 is spot on.
The governor of Texas shares Biden’s responsibility in this mess.
I would have told the EPA to go to Hell. What is wrong with Texas?
Where is the source of this information
Please cite the reports and or documentation of these allegations.
And no A twitter link to some random person does not count as a citation.
I am not saying these are not true, but I want documentation of this...
Payback for Texans not voting for him.
We’re seeing more info come out. Take notes. I need to research how the EPA controls power output.
We’re seeing more info come out. Take notes. I need to research how the EPA controls power output.
It is sure to be “debunked” and made “disinformation”. What Texas needs is democrat one-party rule. That will fix everything. Right.
He won’t get any pressure from this. They won’t report a bit of this. He could have given them permission to fire it up short term to have electricity. This is on bidens shoulders and he don’t care.
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