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Developers answer Texas' call for new natural gas power plants
Texas leaders are big on building new natural gas power plants — and it looks like the effort is gaining traction around the state.
Some municipalities and quasi-governmental agencies are teaming up with private developers to support new plants. If their efforts succeed, they would add 55 gigawatts to the Texas grid and nearly double ERCOT's gas capacity.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick led the charge last year to set aside billions in funds for new energy (see: natural gas) projects around the state. Last week, he issued a statement celebrating the state's progress to date and saying Texas must "ensure we maintain reliable power under any circumstance."
Claire Hao has the full story — and it's a good one. Read it here.
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Who's up, who's down
Up: Texas voters (and the privacy of their ballots).
The Secretary of State's Office issued emergency guidance today telling local elections officials to redact additional personal information from completed ballots they plan to release through open records requests. The move comes after several outlets, including Current Revolt, Votebeat and the Texas Tribune, confirmed that some ballots could be linked back to voters using publicly available information.
Down: Ben Mostyn.
The San Antonio Texas House candidate was arrested Wednesday on charges of DWI and unlawful carrying of a weapon.
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If there's one thing you read today, let it be this narrative from the Houston Chronicle's Sarah Smith and Jhair Romero. The pair expertly recount the horrors experienced during the windstorm that swept through Southeast Texas last month.
What else I'm reading
Eric Killelea at Chron.com (PSA: different from the Houston Chronicle!) had a great piece out today about Houston Mayor John Whitmire and his views on the Israel-Hamas war. Though Houston Palestinian groups have urged Whitmire to call for a ceasefire, the mayor told attendees at an invite-only event at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center earlier this week that he stood up to those calls and "would not respond" to them.
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