Life:Powered

Working to end energy poverty, as #energy is the key to human flourishing.

[Texas Public Policy Foundation @TPPF]

Lawmakers said yes to Permian reliability.

Somewhere between that vote and now, it became a statewide transmission system with a nearly $100 billion lifetime cost to ratepayers — built on load projections the industry funded itself.

New research from @Life_Powered_ documents how that happened

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

Transmission lines move power. They don't create it.

New research shows Texas needs more reliable dispatchable generation near demand centers — not $100 billion in new power lines.

https://t.co/d9hPIQOmY3

[Michael Quinn Sullivan 🇺🇸 @MQSullivan]

A new study from @TPPF slams state bureaucrats for letting a private company's "net-zero" ideology drive an over-priced project that will criss-cross the state with massive high-voltage transmission lines.

https://t.co/rRjTMUhwQT

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

"What should have been a plan to keep natural gas fueling dispatchable power has been transformed into a 'green new deal' giveaway." — @BradBuckleyDVM on the proposed $100B 765-kV transmission buildout.

[Texas Scorecard @TexasScorecard]

Did lawmakers approve a statewide 765‑kV power project—or did Texas bureaucrats take a small Permian fix and run wild with it? A new study says it’s bureaucratic overreach.

https://t.co/vfwGPSGd2I

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

Texas is losing 500,000+ acre-feet of water every year.

But the leaks aren't even the whole story — cities are draining just as much money out of water utility budgets through transfers to their own general funds.

Texas water expert Larry French explains: 🎥

[Secretary Chris Wright @SecretaryWright]

The United States will grow natural gas exports between 15 and 20 million tons by the end of next year.

America is by far the world's largest exporter of natural gas and will continue to be for decades to come thanks to President Trump.

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

Happy Earth Day 🌎

We were promised “clean energy.”

Nobody mentioned the landfills full of unrecyclable materials.

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

4 reservoirs. Promised by 2020. Zero started.

Texas has a water crisis and most people don't know it because the tap still works.

"A water plan that does not meet the needs that it was intended to meet is no plan at all."

@electcharles isn't sugarcoating it. 👇

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

Billions of dollars in excess energy costs are sitting on the Texas grid right now.

Texas ratepayers have been eating that cost for years.

A bill next session says: put it back on the people who caused it.

Rep. @JaredLPatterson breaks it down 👇

[John McQueeney @JohnMcQueeneyTX]

Had a great time joining the Texas Policy Summit's Powering the Future of Texas panel discussion last week in Austin! 🔋💡

Great to join Sen. @kevinsparkstx and Rep. @RepPattersonTX to talk about what's next for our electric grid, from data centers to grid reliability to making sure growth doesn't land on the backs of everyday ratepayers. A lot of good work ahead, and Texas is up to the task! #txlege

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

An entire generation has been convinced the world is ending.

That's not awareness. That's anxiety.

@KonniBurton breaks down why fear-driven policy is a disaster every time ⬇️

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

Our research showed that eliminating ALL U.S. CO₂ emissions would reduce global temps by only ~0.05°C — below the margin of measurement error.

The EPA agreed: these regulations were all cost, no benefit.

Proud of the work Life:Powered put in to get here.

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

🚨 The EPA finalized the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history — rescinding the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding.

Life:Powered's research helped make it happen.

Here's the full story: https://t.co/UrmznL65Op

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

"Good people don't question the climate movement." - That was the unspoken rule.

Former climate activist Lucy Biggers broke it, and it changed her entire worldview.

Better energy policy starts with asking better questions.

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

🚨Big news in the ESG world.

TPPF & Life:Powered first outlined the legal risks posed by ESG activism in 2020 and called on state AGs to hold the climate cartel accountable.

Credit to @KenPaxtonTX , his team, and collaborators for doggedly pursuing this much needed reform.

[Fmr. Rep. Jason Isaac @ISAACforEnergy]

Vanguard, one of the three asset management giants accused of colluding to suppress coal production, has agreed to settle the multistate antitrust lawsuit led by @TXAG Ken Paxton and a coalition of @RepublicanAGs

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

Thank you EPA for this common-sense policy. Instead of pandering to climate change alarmists, this puts power back into the hands of consumers. Automotive freedom is back baby!

[Lee Zeldin @epaleezeldin]

ELIMINATED: The start/stop Obama switch! There will be no more climate participation trophies for manufacturers to install equipment in your vehicle that shuts it down at every red light and stop sign.

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

The laws of thermodynamics don't care about climate policy. @EnergyRealities Jonathan Lesser explains why Direct Air Capture technology faces physical, economic, and environmental barriers that subsidies can't overcome.

Read here: https://t.co/aBGQtji39H

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

Texas has added $50 billion in new energy (mostly solar and batteries) since Winter Storm Uri.

So why is the winter reserve margin shrinking?

The answer has everything to do with what kind of power we're building.

Here's what the data says...

[Life:Powered @Life_Powered_]

The Endangerment Finding triggered regulations across mining, manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, and energy — imposing billions in costs on American families and businesses. After years of fighting this flawed rule, Life:Powered applauds the EPA's decision.

[Lee Zeldin @epaleezeldin]

In the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history, President Trump and I are now announcing the repeal of the 2009 Obama EPA Endangerment Finding, ALL vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards that followed, and ALL off-cycle credits that include the much-despised start-stop feature in vehicles. This action will save over $1.3 TRILLION in costs for Americans! https://t.co/4V24Z6CUOT