Posted on 07/13/2024 7:58:58 AM PDT by MtnClimber
CenterPoint’s project would have used the money “to fund high wind and flood mitigation projects.”
President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy rejected Houston’s request to strengthen its energy grid in 2023.
Houston entered day five of power outages after Hurricane Beryl.
Maybe, just maybe, stop concentrating on your fantasy green energy:
CenterPoint Energy sought the money from a new $10.5 billion Department of Energy program that is helping utilities, states and local agencies protect the electric grid from the growing threats of extreme weather and climate change.
“I don’t understand how the grant application could be rejected,” University of Houston energy economist Ed Hirs said. “This is the home of the petrochemical part of America. I mean, for God’s sakes, what’s DOE thinking?”
“A grant to CenterPoint to make the service in and around Houston more resilient is truly a matter of national security,” Hirs said.
CenterPoint has faced criticism for widespread power outages after Hurricane Beryl, a Category 1 storm, hit the area Monday morning, downing electric poles and wires across the nation’s fourth-largest metropolitan area. CenterPoint said Thursday it had restored power to more than 1.1 million homes and businesses.
BHO stated that as president he would reward his friends and punish his enemies.
I would not be surprised if Zer0 was not pulling the strings on the lawfare against conservatives.
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