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Re:How renewables are saving Texans billions by WaxProlix on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @12:37AM (#44373651)
That's largely true, but on the flipside at least some of the rush of batteries into Texas to do ancillary services and provide redundancy are a result of greedy capitalists seeing the profits a few hundred MWh can get you in Texas (at taxpayer expense!) and rushing in to get a piece of the pie. So, markets!
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Re:How renewables are saving Texans billions by bee_rider on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @12:52AM (#44373721)
Wait, how does it work? If the government is using taxpayer money to buy services… that’s not really a free market solution in the conventional sense, right?

Of course if we have to pretend it is to get Texas to do it… fine I guess.

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Re:How renewables are saving Texans billions by WaxProlix on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @01:04AM (#44373772)
Na, the utility payers actually pay it, though taxpayers pay for some of the infrastructure and administration, and given to some service providers in the form of tax breaks I think. The circles of that venn diagram are close to an overlap though.
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