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Mon Mar 29, 2021, 10:43 PM Mar 2021

Sweeping legislation to overhaul state's electricity market in response to winter storm heads to

Sweeping legislation to overhaul state’s electricity market in response to winter storm heads to Texas House after Senate's unanimous approval

by Shawn Mulcahy and Erin Douglas, Texas Tribune


The Texas Senate on Monday unanimously approved a sweeping bill that would overhaul the state’s electricity industry and infrastructure, including mandating that power plants prepare for extreme weather and outlawing risky indexed retail electric plans.

Senate Bill 3, filed by Republican state Sen. Charles Schwertner of Georgetown, now heads to the Texas House where its prospects are uncertain. Members in the lower chamber will take up a series of related, standalone bills on Tuesday.

“There were a multitude of failures,” Schwertner said from the Senate floor Monday, referring to the massive power outages during the deadly winter storm. “And we’re fixing the problems.”

SB 3 would require all power generators, transmission lines, natural gas facilities and pipelines to make upgrades for extreme weather — a process known as weatherization. Most power generators and gas facilities were not equipped to handle temperatures that dipped into single digits last month.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/29/texas-senate-electricity-power/
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Sweeping legislation to overhaul state's electricity market in response to winter storm heads to (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2021 OP
This is very good for Texas.nt sheshe2 Mar 2021 #1
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