Bill Would Connect ERCOT to U.S. Electric Grids

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Environmental and labor groups support cost-saving bill

, D-Austin, held a press conference at the IBEW Local 520 headquarters off Ben White Boulevard joined by myriad environmental groups, frontline workers, and labor unions, to celebrate the filing of hisgrid, which includes New Mexico, California, Arizona, and other Western states; bring the Electric Reliability Council of Texas under Federal Energy Regulatory Commission oversight; and commission a study from the Department of Energy on the potential benefits of interconnection with Mexico.

, both spoke to the pro-labor aspects of the bill, including job training, apprenticeship, and high labor standards. Aside from interconnection’s positive outcomes for Texas, if the leading state in wind and solar production is allowed to sell its surplus, the entire country benefits: “We're increasingly the renewable energy capital of this country,” said Casar.

 

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