The Power Grid Gets Another Permission Slip
SB 6 deals with planning, interconnection, operation, and costs for certain electrical loads; Patrick's small-government act keeps finding new forms to fill out.
The Grid Gets Paperwork
SB 6's caption says it relates to "the planning for, interconnection and operation of, and costs related to providing service for certain electrical loads" and to power generation by a water supply or sewer service corporation.
That is a mouthful. It is also the receipt: the grid fight is now about which loads get planned, connected, operated, and paid for under another Austin rulebook.
Small Government, Large Forms
Patrick sells control as freedom, then turns around and blesses another stack of state-managed planning rules when the subject is politically useful.
Texas needs reliable power. Texans also deserve leaders who can say plainly who pays, who benefits, and what problem is actually being solved.
Reliability Without The Swagger
The Texas Tribune lists Patrick as lieutenant governor. The job is supposed to be governance, not a permanent audition for the sternest man near a microphone.
If the lights matter - and they do - then competence matters more than swagger.
Turn Down The Static
Vikki Goodwin is the named alternative for Texans tired of grid politics as performance art.
Ban Dan Patrick's permission-slip conservatism. Vote for Vikki Goodwin.
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Meet the alternative: Vikki Goodwin
Texas has a choice. State Rep. Vikki Goodwin is running for Lieutenant Governor on a platform of fully funding public schools, protecting the grid, and keeping government out of small businesses it doesn't understand. If you're tired of Dan Patrick's priorities, there's somewhere else to put your vote.