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Texas Governor Enacts Grid Reliability Measures, Including Power Plant Weatherization, ERCOT Reforms
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law sweeping bills approved by Texas legislators that will require power generators in the state to weatherize against extreme events and revamp organizational oversight of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
Hours before the state’s regular 140-day legislative session dwindled to its end on May 30 and amid high-profile drama related to a GOP priority voting bill Texas House and Senate lawmakers approved a series of last-minute changes to Senate Bill (SB) 2, related to ERCOT oversight, and SB 3, the state’s reliability statute. The governor signed these measures, which he had deemed “emergency items” for the 87th session
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In the sweetest season, its time to tap the maples
Sugarbush maple syrup camp is the best time to be outdoors for Ojibwe photographer Vern Northrup and his family. 7:00 am, Mar. 13, 2021 ×
Vern Northrup gestures while talking about the process of making maple syrup Saturday at the Northrup family sugarbush camp on Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribal land near Sawyer. (Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com)
SAWYER, Minn. When the crows start to chase each other for mating season. When the squirrels start nibbling on the ends of maple tree branches. When the snow pulls away from the base of the trees thanks to more and stronger sunshine.
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