Tesla wants to provide electricity to Texans

Tesla wants to supply energy to Texans.

According to the Washington Post and Texas Monthly, the institution filed an application with the Texas Public Utility Commission done its caller subsidiary Tesla Energy Ventures, connected Aug. 16.

Bloomberg reported that Tesla is starting the buildout of a 100-megawatt vigor retention strategy successful Angleton, Texas, 45 miles southbound of Houston.

News of the institution wanting to merchantability energy comes aft the authorities suffered a acold drawback successful February, leaving millions of residents without powerfulness oregon h2o for days.

According to the Dallas Morning News, the situation outgo the authorities $80 cardinal to $130 billion, and 111 radical died.

At the clip of the incident, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to knock the state’s grid relation Electric Reliability Council of Texas, penning that the nonprofit radical "is not earning that R.”

According to CNBC, the grid is isolated from the remainder of the U.S., truthful assistance from different states wasn't available.