Last year Centerpoint Energy requested permission and funding from the Build Back Better budget to shore up the grid to withstand wind and flood damage. The Biden administration said NO.
The $37 million CEO of Centerpoint Energy, Jason Wells, is a DEI douchebag. So there’s that too. He managed to turn a two day restoration into a two week debacle.
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“Last year Centerpoint Energy requested permission and funding from the Build Back Better budget to shore up the grid to withstand wind and flood damage. The Biden administration said NO.”
This is the root cause for the very slow recovery.
And this was only a Cat 1 storm.
If you live in a red state, expect more of this from DC. They don’t give a rat’s ass about us. Prepare to be out of power for a while.