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Funny that you should ask that very question. I looked it up earlier today because I was curious but didn't get a chance to post it. It certainly is more generous by my figuring if a person went to a public school or HBCU, namely all of it for an undergraduate degree. It's much less generous in other areas. This particular article was written in July 2020 when he was still a candidate.
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We're screwed. She didn't even answer the question.
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Psaki has the same dull, vacant look that Biden has. Doesn't really matter when you have an extremely cooperative press corps so earnest in their desire to kiss your ass and fluff your pillow for you.
Truly an amazing, unbelievable- what does the left call them- 'gaffe'. LOL!! Leftspeak notwithstanding, Biden has an idiot's foolish consistency compounded by his inherent mental deficiencies and a slowly melting brain and says stupid and ignorant things with depressing regularity.
Well....
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I'd suggest there is a plan. Just waiting for the clock to tick a little.
We're not even two months into this administration and I've never seen such a callous disregard for the lives of US citizens. Of course, the cynic in me wonders what the response would have been if it was a blue state in trouble, not a red state.
When I read that it all it sounds like is that the department of energy is giving them permission to use energy generation that they would not normally be allowed to use due to enviromental issues, as long as they record and let them know what type of generation and how long it is used for and that it is only used to maintain the powersupply during the emergency.
Other than Texas' frozen windmills and snow covered solar panels (ours are snow covered here as well) it seems that when people need energy the most, green sources are the least reliable. Don't like the coal and oil keeping us warm and the lights on? OK, fine, how about nuclear? Oh wait....BIDEN IS MURDERING TEXANS!!!! See? Two can play this idiotic game.
Yes, permission is being given but with some major unnecessary hurdles by my read, hurdles that result in delays and costs. First, it appears to say they must have tried everything else before bringing those units on line. The problem is that it takes time to confirm that everything else has been tried, time that just isn't available. From what I little bit that I've read, it takes a coal power plant 10-20 hours to get to 70% capacity, but I don't know if that's a warm or cold start. If that number is from a warm start, obviously a cold start will take much longer. Even increasing output from a unit that is already started takes time, starting at several minutes and working its way up to several hours. Second, they have to identify the units and get approval for each unit before starting it up or increasing output. Also, the DOE won't give permission if the DOE determines that the wanted capacity isn't necessary. That being said, paragraph (D) does allow ERCOT to take a chance and get started on a unit, but if they get started and DOE doesn't approve, well, it doesn't specify what will happen except they will be operating out of their permit and thus subject to all sorts of regulatory nightmares which can't be adjudicated in a court. Most companies will be hesitant to take that risk, and will therefore delay startup until they get approval. Once again, delays of hours cost lives and result in yet more property damage. Still another problem is the requirement for a MINIMUM price of $1500/MWh. I've heard of governments putting caps on pricing to prevent price gouging before but I've never seen one mandate price gouging outside of taxes. Also, it says that the utility will have to buy emissions allowances despite that it's an emergency, thereby adding additional unnecessary costs to the already sky high bills that people will be paying.
