Legislative Update: Volume 12
North Texas Plant Tours
May 18-19, 2022 PUC Chairman Peter Lake and Commissioner Will McAdams along with Sens. Birdwell, Johnson & West, and Reps. Slawson, Sherman, Collier & Turner traveled to North Texas to see first hand the weatherization on different types of plants as well as...Texas’ grid operator told a power plant to delay repairs ahead of a May heat wave. It was among six that crashed.
Climate change and other factors are shortening the window when aging Texas power plants can make repairs to run at full strength in hot summer months.