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Texas PUC Approves "Ride-Through" Rules For Data Centers
Texas PUC Approves "Ride-Through" Rules For Data Centers
By Diana DiGangi of UtilityDive,
The Texas Public Utility Commission on Thursday unanimously approved rules that will require large computational loads, like data centers and crypto-mining facilities, within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas footprint to stay stable and connected to the grid through disruptions.
Modern computational loads, Kenteel Engineering said in a June blog, are “engineered to protect extremely sensitive and expensive equipment,” and during a voltage dip are programmed to disconnect or enter momentary cessation.
However, this presents a reliability problem, Kenteel Engineering...
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Jun 29, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The US Economy In A Nutshell: Privatize The Gains, Socialize The Costs
The US Economy In A Nutshell: Privatize The Gains, Socialize The Costs
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
Correspondent Simons Chase insightfully summarized this dynamic: Privatize the Gains, Socialize the Costs.
In my post Five Dynamics That Make Sense of an Increasingly Chaotic World, #3 is the distribution of risk, costs and consequences to a diffused populace while concentrating the gains into the pockets of insiders/owners:
Those seeking to reduce their private risks and increase their private gains seek to concentrate the gains generated by control structures and distribute the risks and costs to...
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Apr 15, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Major Israeli PAC Flips: Tel Aviv Should Pay Out-Of-Pocket If It Wants US Weapons
Major Israeli PAC Flips: Tel Aviv Should Pay Out-Of-Pocket If It Wants US Weapons
via Middle East Eye
The pro-Israel advocacy group J Street is now calling for an end to "direct" US military support to Israel, per a new policy document published this week. The group had previously backed Washington's continued provision of defensive weapons systems, such as the replenishment of Israel's Iron Dome, at no cost to Israelis.
Now, it says the US "should continue to sell" short-range air and ballistic missile defense capabilities to Israel, but Israel should use its own money to...
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May 21, 2026 / Jacob G. Hornberger
Republicans and Democrats Are Not the Root Cause of Big Spending and Big Debt
During the administrations of Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden, how many times did we hear about how Republicans were the answer to those big-spending Democrats who were bankrupting our country with their out-of-control federal spending and debt? Almost continuously! If only American voters would put those fiscally responsible Republicans in charge of both houses […]
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