Averting crisis: Path to weatherize Texas power plants and some gas wells set under compromise bill
The Legislature’s biggest answer yet to weaknesses exposed by winter storm selectively weatherizes gas infrastructure, creates outage alerts and tightens coordination.
A compromise bill unveiled by Texas House leaders on Tuesday would respond to February's electricity crisis by, among other things, weatherizing power plants – and, selectively, natural gas infrastructure. The bill also would create outage alerts and require grid managers and utility regulators to practice for emergencies.(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
5:59 PM on May 18, 2021 CDT
AUSTIN — Texas would require weatherization of electrical generating plants and some natural gas wells and related pipelines and compressors under a compromise bill that House leaders unveiled Tuesday.