As Texas power grid reforms take shape, natural gas suppliers evade scrutiny
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A Valero Energy Corp. refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Texas natural gas production plunged by more than 20 percent for five days during Winter Storm Uri. Photographer: Eddie Seal/BloombergEddie Seal / Bloomberg
The Texas Legislature is nearing agreement on a sweeping set of energy reforms that experts say are encouraging but won’t likely fix the biggest failures from this winter’s deadly outages.
Senate Bill 3 passed the House on Monday and is headed for negotiations between both the House and Senate later this week; lawmakers have until May 31
Texas House goes further than Senate to protect state s main power grid
Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune
May 24, 2021
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1of3Kim Scott takes in a pan of biscuits that he cooked on his outdoor grill for breakfast on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Scott and his wife, Clara, lost power in their home about 7 p.m. on Monday. Scott said they still managed to cook dinner last night on the grill as well. They live in a subdivision off Vance Jackson Road where according to the CPS Energy website has one of the most extensive outages in the city.Kin Man Hui/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Faith groups urge Texas lawmakers to shield consumers from winter storm fallout
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A network of Texas community organizations is calling on state leaders to offer financial aid to families affected by February’s devastating winter storm.
The Network of Texas Industrial Areas Foundation Organizations, a coalition of interfaith service groups, joined The Metropolitan Organization of Houston at a Monday afternoon news conference in favor of state-level reform after the freeze.
Faith leaders, activists and Texans impacted by the weather advocated for bills already under consideration in the Legislature, including Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 3460, and pushed for new measures to aid residents harmed both by the freeze and the associated power outages.
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