The control room at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state s grid operator.
On Sunday, the Texas House of Representatives gave initial approval to a series of reforms intended to guard against future blackouts like the one that gripped the state in February 2021. Many of those reforms were wrapped into one bill called Senate Bill 3.
Provisions within Senate Bill 3 touch on everything from regulating some retail electricity plans to establishing an energy emergency alert system. But the most contentious proposals deal with which parts of the state’s power infrastructure will need to be “winterized.”
There has been general agreement among lawmakers that power generators, which broke down in the cold, should be required to better prepare for freezing weather. But natural gas infrastructure also failed in the freeze and was unable to deliver fuel to generators, worsening the crisis.
State Lawmakers Approve Overhaul Of Texas Grid In Response to Blackout
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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFERING PROJECT CELEBRATION GRANTS
The Texas Department of Transportation is offering $750 minigrants to high schools for alcohol-free and drug-free parties after prom or graduation events. The funding comes through the Project Celebration program and schools must apply through TxDOT by April 16. The aim of Project Celebration is to keep students safe and alcohol-free throughout the school year and reduce the number of injuries and deaths caused by impaired driving. To participate, schools must notify the TxDOT Traffic Safety Specialist for their region. Events must follow CDC and school safety measures, including all-night lock-in events.
LIST: Texas lawmakers tell us what they are doing to fix the state’s electric system
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TEXAS – State lawmakers are pouring through more than 200 proposed bills in Austin that would bring change to Texas’ electricity market. While almost all of the proposed laws focus on requiring power generators to maintain their plants to avoid another massive outage like we saw in the winter freeze, one bill would make wholesale and variable rate electric plans (like the plans sold by Griddy) illegal in Texas.
We asked all of the state representatives and state senators from the greater Houston area the same three questions to find out which lawmakers are working to resolve the issues with Texas’ electric market. Twenty-four lawmakers didn’t answer our questions. You’ll see who didn’t reply at the bottom of this article.