Can’t regulate freedumb
Sweet, sweet relief
Something ain’t right deep in the heart of Texas:
Texas will not fix ERCOT’s $16 billion power billing mistake
Texas’ utility regulator had an opportunity Friday to eliminate some of the $16 billion that the state’s grid operator erroneously overcharged power companies during last month’s deadly winter storm — but the board of the Public Utility Commission chose not to do so.
Here’s the instructive passage, in which you know, Know, KNOW you are in the lone star:
“I totally get how it looks like you’re protecting consumers [by readjusting electric prices],” [PUC Chair Arthur D’Andrea] said Friday during a PUC meeting. “But I promise you you’re not.”
D’Andrea added that a retroactive decision would have winners and losers: “You don’t know who you’re hurting. And you think you’re protecting the consumer and it turns out you’re bankrupting [someone else].”
“…like a poor, inn’cent corpor, er, corpa, er bidness,” he didn’t add.
Y’all got ripped off, Texans, by yer lack o’ regulation. Now just wait fer Gubnor Abbott t’ kill y’all by removing pandemic regulations for freedumb.
Wait a minute! The charge was in error and they’re not going to fix it!?
Even for Texas, this is effing incredible!
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The invisible hand of the free market at work, donchaknow.
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“we cannot, in good conscience return the money the stolen in the bank robbery…it’s all cash and we cannot determine just whose bank account the money was stolen from, so we’re just going to keep it.”
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Profits are people, too, my friend.
Jack
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I’m so glad I live in the other America…
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Texas should secede from itself.
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Gubnor wants everybody back to work NOW, so they can pay their utility bills!
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Suckers, er, caveat emptor. “Next time be sure to read the fine print before choosing a crappy plan!”-Lt Gov Dan Patrick.
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-Lt Gov Dan “the dick” Patrick.
There- FIRY DC.
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A boy asked his dad who won the Mexican-American War. His father said, “Well, who got Texas?” The boy thought for a moment and saud, “So Mexico won?”
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Typo apology – “said”.
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I have to admit I was looking forward to my proud deplorable, stereotypical faux news watching 86 year old trumper mother freaking out on her blog, but she had no power for three days. Be interesting to see if they try to bill her for power she couldn’t use because it was unavailable.
It may actually open her eyes …
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Texas is making Kansas look bad in the repulican, (I seem to miss that ‘b’ every once and then) race to jump into the abyss. And yes, it does stare back at you if you look.
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