Sen. Bob Hall recently filed Senate Bill 330 to address the resiliency and reliability of the Texas electric grid.
During each session he has been in office, the Edgewood Republican has advocated for strengthening the resiliency of the grid and implementing measures to harden the grid against both natural and man-made threats.
As seen during Winter Storm Uri, the grid is vulnerable. The natural threat of the winter storm took the lives of over 200 people, had a direct/indirect economic impact of over $130 billion, and brought the state to within four minutes of a statewide grid failure, which would have meant weeks or even months without electricity.
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