Tuesday, May 25: How to build a better grid
In each instance, lawmakers left
the state’s lightly regulated energy markets alone, choosing cheap electricity over a more stable system. As a result, experts say, the power grid that Texans depend on to heat and cool their homes and run their businesses has become less and less reliable and more susceptible to weather-related emergencies.
“Everyone has been in denial,” said Alison Silverstein, a consultant who works with the U.S. Department of Energy and formerly served as a senior adviser at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. “They treat each individual extreme event as a one-off, a high-impact, low-frequency event, which means, ‘I hope it doesn’t happen again.’”
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The discovery of two bodies at a Knouff Lake property has turned a month-long missing person case into a double homicide investigation.
Kamloops RCMP will not confirm the bodies are Damien Marks, 31, and Kenneth Yaretz, 24, who disappeared April 17 while moving into a residence on Schreiner Street in Brocklehurst. We are right in the midst of a homicide investigation and we have to protect the integrity of that investigation, Const. Cheryl Bush told reporters during a press conference this morning. Obviously, the rules have all changed with this investigation.
A team of at least 20 investigators has been searching the eight-hectare property at 9005 Finlay Rd. in connection with the disappearance of the men.
Special to the Weatherford Democrat Apr 1, 2021
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AUSTIN - Gov.Greg Abbott has appointed Will McAdams to the Public Utility Commission of Texas for a term set to expire Sept. 1, 2025. PUC regulates the state s electric, telecommunication and water and sewer utilities, implements respective legislation and offers customer assistance in resolving consumer complaints. Will McAdams will bring a fresh perspective and outstanding leadership to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Abbott said. Willâs wealth of experience in public service and state government make him the ideal leader to carry out the PUCâs mission to protect customers, foster competition, and promote high quality infrastructure across Texas. Will is committed to charting a new course for the commission and restoring trust with Texans. I am confident that he will lead the agency with integrity and transparency and I urge the Senate to confirm Will s appointment.