"This is a direct attack from the progressive left to try and stop Texit," the Texas Nationalist Movement said in a statement to Newsweek.
  • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
    20·
    9 months ago

    I don’t even know if it’s corporate profits, that’s actually a drawback to the corporate grid(see Enron’s intentional mismanagement of California’s energy grid)

    It’s just pure power for the ruling elite of Texas.

    • s_s@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      Keeping their grid only in Texas allows their energy sector to skirt federal regulations since it doesn’t fall under the Interstate Commerce Clause.

      Skipping federal environmental and Safety regulations allows texas energy Corporations to be more profitable.