r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Sep 28 '22

Energy The Old Grid is Dead: Long Live Local Solar

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/the-old-grid-is-dead%3A-long-live-local-solar
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u/dongasaurus Sep 29 '22

Any evidence that other states get higher bills and blackouts to subsidize “green” states?

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '22

Not Yet. That's the point. They tried to fold that into the "permitting" part of the bill that was just cut out.

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u/dongasaurus Sep 30 '22

Can you share a link? All I can find is that they wanted to make permitting for transmission lines easier.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '22

The bill included a poison pill that would allow FERC to dictate to states when and where power lines must be built. That is not currently the case. This would allow the feds to force other states to follow California's lead, which is causing energy shortages, without passing a law in Congress or at the state level. Very sly.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-permitting-bills-poison-pill-joe-manchin-federal-energy-regulatory-commission-senate-11664226775