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Texas Lawmaker Seeks to Improve Texas’ Power Capacity by Joining Regional Grid and Agreeing to Federal Oversight

Inside Climate News · By Keaton Peters · last updated
Congressional bill to create a network of transmission lines among neighboring states introduced by U.S. Rep. Greg Casar.

By Keaton Peters

Electrical grids are vulnerable to climate change, which amplifies intense heat and drought in the summer and intensifies storms in the winter. Nowhere is the problem more pronounced than in Texas, as recent history has shown.

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