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Work begins on a $490 million project to help fill North Texas’ water demand. The new lake still may not be enough
Lake Ralph Hall is the latest project to help the region contend with one of the fastest-growing populations in the country.
The first scoop of dirt was dumped in a truck following the Upper Trinity Regional Water District groundbreaking ceremony for Lake Ralph Hall and Leon Hurse Dam near Ladonia, Texas, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The lake will provide 54 million gallons of water per day for some 29 communities in Denton and Collin counties. The $490 million project should begin delivering water by 2025. The lake is named after Hall who was a United States Representative for Texas s 4th congressional district.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
Texas House advances plan to offer low-interest loans to weatherize electric grid, improve broadband
Final passage could come as early as Tuesday, but it’s unclear whether the Senate would go along with the plan that’s part of the legislative response to the winter storm.
The control room in Taylor, Texas, of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, where the grid for most state residents and businesses is managed. A plan to financially encourage power generators, natural gas companies and other players to weatherize their facilities has backing in the Texas House. It s not clear, though, if the Senate will buy in.(Electric Reliability Council of)
Electrical transformers at the Austin Energy/Sand Hill Energy Center in Del Valle on March 24, 2020. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune
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A plan to help finance what will likely become mandatory power plant upgrades to withstand more extreme weather in the wake of the February power crisis received preliminary approval in the Texas House on Monday.
The failure of power plants to produce power during very cold temperatures was a major cause of the February power outages in Texas that left more than 4.8 million customers without electricity for days and caused more than 100 deaths. Natural gas plants shutting down or reducing electricity production due to cold weather was the most significant source of outages, according to an analysis by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the grid that covers much of the state.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick focuses scorn on Public Utility Commission after winter storm, testing Gov. Greg Abbott
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Ever since last month’s winter weather disaster, Gov. Greg Abbott has worked to lay blame squarely on the state’s electrical-grid operator despite the fact that it is overseen by the Abbott-appointed Public Utility Commission.
But as state lawmakers dig in on their response to the crisis, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is making it harder and harder to look away from the commission, shining a harsh spotlight on Abbott’s people and their decisions.