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Texas senators, armed with an emergency mandate from the governor, blew past typical procedures to pass a bill requiring energy regulators to retroactively lower prices during the February winter storm that knocked out power for millions.
A truck drives past a highway sign in Houston on Feb. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) Last month’s winter storm has whipped the Texas Legislature into an unusually frantic state this week.
On Monday, state senators suspended the chamber’s rules, voted without a public hearing and bypassed the typical March 12 deadline for filing new bills in a scramble to pass an emergency statute aiming to reverse billions of dollars in electricity costs imposed by the state’s grid operator, the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas.
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Last month, when severe cold caused millions in Texas to lose power, many voices, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, pointed to frozen wind turbines and blamed…