sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoA major watchdog says data centers are wreaking havoc on North America's power gridwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down13cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1400arrow-down1external-linkA major watchdog says data centers are wreaking havoc on North America's power gridwww.businessinsider.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square36linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squarebtsax@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 day ago utilities management should remain under the purview of a publicly-accountable governing body https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Utility_Commission_of_Texas
minus-squareUniversalBasicJustice@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 hours agoDid you even care to read that article? What do you think “investor-owned electric utilities” means? My WHOLE FUCKING POINT is that “competition” and “investor-owned” in the context of public utilities and services kills people. Here, have a Wikipedia article; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
minus-squarebtsax@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·20 hours agoMaybe Texans should elect someone who won’t appoint stooges to the PUC
minus-squarefelbane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoMaybe the United States should pass laws that force public utilities to be owned by the public and operated as a nonprofit?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Utility_Commission_of_Texas
Did you even care to read that article?
What do you think “investor-owned electric utilities” means? My WHOLE FUCKING POINT is that “competition” and “investor-owned” in the context of public utilities and services kills people.
Here, have a Wikipedia article;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
Maybe Texans should elect someone who won’t appoint stooges to the PUC
Maybe the United States should pass laws that force public utilities to be owned by the public and operated as a nonprofit?