President Donald Trump and US Northeast governors will direct the nation’s largest grid operator to hold an emergency power auction putting technology giants on the hook to pay for the construction of a fleet of new plants, an unprecedented move to meet surging electricity demand and quell concerns about data centers driving up costs.
TheNameOfMyBanned_ on
I’ll be damned. This is the first thing I have seen that made sense in months from this administration. Average people shouldn’t be getting screwed on their power bills because of giant trillion dollar companies driving up the cost of power.
I’m just shocked to see anyone actually talking about it after all the money big tech has poured into politics.
Yourdataisunclean on
When your approval rating drops below 30%, you start realizing you need to do things people actually approve of.
Have fun in the midterms Donnie!
ThePensiveE on
The only way this is possible is if somehow the Trump family is financially benefiting from this. Trump doesn’t do anything to help people without it benefiting him or his family. If he’s ever done anything good in his life, it’s been purely by accident.
PhilosophyEasy71 on
Everyday he’s revealing a little bit more how fucking scared he is once the pendulum swings
I hope a lot of state cases go forward against all of these fascist fucks so there’s no immunity or pardon power
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President Donald Trump and US Northeast governors will direct the nation’s largest grid operator to hold an emergency power auction putting technology giants on the hook to pay for the construction of a fleet of new plants, an unprecedented move to meet surging electricity demand and quell concerns about data centers driving up costs.
I’ll be damned. This is the first thing I have seen that made sense in months from this administration. Average people shouldn’t be getting screwed on their power bills because of giant trillion dollar companies driving up the cost of power.
I’m just shocked to see anyone actually talking about it after all the money big tech has poured into politics.
When your approval rating drops below 30%, you start realizing you need to do things people actually approve of.
Have fun in the midterms Donnie!
The only way this is possible is if somehow the Trump family is financially benefiting from this. Trump doesn’t do anything to help people without it benefiting him or his family. If he’s ever done anything good in his life, it’s been purely by accident.
Everyday he’s revealing a little bit more how fucking scared he is once the pendulum swings
I hope a lot of state cases go forward against all of these fascist fucks so there’s no immunity or pardon power