Biden Admin Denied A Houston Grid Upgrade Request. Then Hurricane Beryl Knocked Out Power For Millions
The Biden administration turned down a Houston utility’s request for funding to upgrade grid infrastructure before Hurricane Beryl knocked out power in the city this week, according to E&E News. CenterPoint Energy — the Houston-based utility — applied for about $100 million from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) $10.5 billion Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships […]
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Lawmakers pen letter to EPA over concerns of proposed clean power plant's impact on grid
A group of 26 Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan expressing concerns about the impact of the Clean Power Plan 2.0, which would set new emissions standards for coal, oil and gas-fired power plants. “The final rule targets coal and new natural […]
Teen Andrew Takhistov’s plot to destroy NJ power substations foiled
Police have thwarted an 18-year-old New Jersey man’s sinister plot to wipe out a PSE&G substation and impact the power grid. Andrew Tahistov began communicating online with the undercover agent in January. According to federal investigatorsAn East Brunswick man is accused of “soliciting another person to vandalize energy facilities” in North Brunswick and New Brunswick […]
DAVID BLACKMON: The Truth About Houston’s Power Outages
Hurricane Beryl Crossed Texas This week, the eastern half of the most intense storms have hit Houston, the state’s largest population and industrial center, with a metropolitan area of some 6 million residents. That was on Monday and Tuesday, and as we neared the end of the work week, people in the media were wondering […]
Video Shows Super Powerful Winds Send Whole Row Of Power Lines Into Traffic
Dashcam footage showed the moment Friday in Arizona when powerful gusts of winds sent a whole row of power lines collapsing into a car-filled intersection. AccuWeather shared the footage on their social media account on Twitter Thursday. (RELATED: Celebrity Storm Chaser Reed Timmer Seems To Shred AccuWeather, Says He’ll Never Work In Media Again) The […]
Lawmakers warn EPA its ‘Clean Power Plan 2.0’ could have ‘catastrophic’ effect on electric grid
First appeared on FOX: Twenty-six members of Congress sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan warning him and the agency not to implement the Clean Power Plan 2.0. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) wrote a letter to the administrator predicting that the rules outlined in the plan would jeopardize the reliability of the […]
Former NBA Player Accuses LeBron James of ‘Abuse of Power’ After Lakers Draft His Son
LeBron James received a lot of criticism when the Lakers selected his son, Bronny, with the 55th overall pick in the NBA Draft, but one former player isn’t just accusing him of nepotism — he’s calling the selection an “abuse of power” indeed. Stephen Hunter, a veteran who played in the NBA from 2002-2010, took […]
Risk of far right gaining power has not gone away, warns French Green leader | France
Marine Tondelier, leader of France’s Green party, said the risk of the far right coming to power in France remained after the snap election and politics had to change quickly to regain voters’ trust. “It was a warning,” Tondelier said of this month’s election, in which a spectacular surge in strategic voting in the final […]
Former NBA player calls Bronny James getting drafted an ‘abuse of power’ by father LeBron
Bronny James was selected 55th overall in the NBA Draft a few weeks ago by his father’s team, the Los Angeles Lakers. Pre-draft scouts were not kind to Bronny, with at least one calling him “not a good NBA prospect” after he scored fewer than five points per game in his only season at USC. […]