It’s time for Texas households to get off the grid | Opinion
The High voltage switchyard that conects the Midlothian power plant to the Texas grid in Midlothian on Friday, October 15, 2021. This op-ed is part of a series published by The Dallas Morning News Opinion section to explore ideas and policies for strengthening electric reliability. Find the full series here:The endless studies and finger-pointing about the Texas grid’s failures and risks, which have hardly accomplished anything, ignore the obvious solution: get off the grid.
The Bell System of companies also enjoyed monopoly benefits. Since everyone needed a landline, it was good business to operate a telephone network. Until it wasn’t. The other sound you hear is environmentalists screaming that we can’t use fossil fuels anymore. It’s a virtuous idea: natural gas power generation pollutes the air. In utopia, we could power everything with renewables. Unfortunately, the laws of physics don’t bend to our wishes. In almost all situations, 100% renewables just isn’t practical yet.
Power grid resilience is more valuable than commonly acknowledged. While most of the focus is on weather-related events, which will increasingly challenge the grid, human-caused blackouts could be even more devastating. There’s also a critical question about the equity of wealthy homeowners going off the grid: Won’t lower-income residents be stuck with the bill to maintain the system? If nothing changes, the answer is yes.
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