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Sheriff’s deputies arrest Cherri Foytlin (L) and another water protector opposing Louisiana’s Bayou Bridge Pipeline near Bayou Chene on Sept. 4, 2018. Although invited onto the property by a landowner, the two were charged with felony trespassing under the state’s new “critical infrastructure” bill. (Photo by Karen Savage)
Environmental groups celebrated Tuesday as they announced that District Attorney Bofill “Bo” Duhé, chief prosecutor in St. Martin, Iberia and St. Mary Parishes, rejected all charges against 17 people who were charged with crimes in 2018 for violating a law making it a felony to be at or near pipelines or construction sites without permission.
The Austin Energy Decker Creek Power Station natural gas plant in far East Austin, TX on June 25, 2021.
Paula Gold-Williams, the president and CEO of CPS Energy, said the days leading up to February’s winter storm were nerve-wracking.
“As we were entering the week before, we started seeing that it was going to cover the entire state, which is extremely unusual for Texas,” she remembered.
Demand for electricity and heating would be huge. To prepare, Gold-Williams said, San Antonio s city-owned utility had to make sure it had enough electricity contracted and enough natural gas to supply its customers and fuel its own power plants.
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The Austin Energy Decker Creek Power Station natural gas plant in far East Austin on June 25.
Paula Gold-Williams, the president and CEO of CPS Energy, said the days leading up to February’s winter storm were nerve-wracking.
“As we were entering the week before, we started seeing that it was going to cover the entire state, which is extremely unusual for Texas,” she remembered.
Demand for electricity and heating would be huge. To prepare, Gold-Williams said, San Antonio s city-owned utility had to make sure it had enough electricity contracted and enough natural gas to supply its customers and fuel its own power plants.