AUSTIN, Texas -- Gov. Greg Abbott has announced the agenda for the special legislative session that begins Thursday, asking lawmakers to prioritize 11 issues that largely appeal to conservatives who ...

The U.S. power transmission grid, aging and intricate, is at a crossroads. With a national target to achieve 100% clean electricity by 2035 and net-zero emissions by 2050, the current transmission ...

The anti-renewable energy bills that made the state grid operator wary and had experts warning of higher utility bills — and possible market collapse — died in the House when the legislative session ...

The Smart Grid Super Session will explore the impact of smart grid technology in lowering energy costs for consumers, achieving energy independence, and automating the electric grid. It will also ...

Some say Gov. Greg Abbott should have included the Texas power grid on his agenda for the special legislative session. David J. Phillip AP Some Democrats and consumer advocates say Republican Gov.

Last-minute rescue of some high profile bills late Sunday reduced chances that Gov. Greg Abbott would instantly summon lawmakers back into a special session, though his emergency items of property tax ...

The dueling approaches are coming into focus as lawmakers prepare to return to Austin for the session which begins Jan. 10. The legislative session is more than a month away, but fault lines are ...

In an op/ed in the Dallas Morning News today, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick called on Governor Greg Abbott to include legislation related to fixing the state’s increasingly unstable power grid to his ...

As a means of approaching summer in a pleasant manner, Awethu Fitness and Boxing Club recently hosted a grid and boxing session for different local gym goers in Protea Glen. Awethu Fitness and Boxing ...

FILE - This Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, file photo shows power lines in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) (David J. Phillip, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press ...

When Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law the 2021 Texas legislative session's marquee bills calling for changes to Texas' troubled power grid, he declared that Texas had fixed its grid. “Everything that ...

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