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Brad Johnson
@bradj_TX
Senior Reporter | @TheTexanNews | bjohnson@thetexan.news | Unfortunately not the Super Bowl-winning quarterback.
May 27, 2023 • 28 tweets • 8 min read
The Texas House is gaveled in to consider HR 2377, the articles of impeachment against @KenPaxtonTX.

The gallery is full. #txlege Image Full articles here: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/bi… Image
May 27, 2023 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
Ahead of the @KenPaxtonTX impeachment vote, @TXAG is citing the "forgiveness doctrine"—a provision of state law that reads: "An officer in this state may not be removed from office for an act the officer may have committed before the officer's election to office." #txlege Image Section 665.081 of the Government Code was passed as #SB248 in 1993 by the 73rd #txlege.

More: lrl.texas.gov/legis/billsear… Image
May 5, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Breaking: #HB5 (Chapter 313 replacement) passes the House on third reading 120-24. #txlege Vote spread: Image
May 4, 2023 • 30 tweets • 11 min read
And we're now on #HB5, as @toddahunter begins his layout. So far, there are about 15 amendments filed. #txlege

Full bill: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/bi… Image One of the biggest sticking points on this issue -- in fact, one of the main reasons Chapter 313 was killed -- has been renewables.

Hunter says flat out that renewables are not included.
May 4, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
In Senate B&C right now: @DrSchwertner is grilling ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas over comments made last night in the House hearing on #SB7 (the firming requirement bill). When asked by @toddahunter if SB 7 was needed, Vegas said it was not. #txlege

Watch: tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph… Image Vegas said that his comment was in relation to SB 7 as written's ability to accomplish the goal of efficiently allocating reliability costs to generators causing "unreliability."
May 3, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Breaking: #SB14 —@DonnaCampbellTX/@TomOliverson’s bill banning gender modification procedures/treatments on minors — has been placed on Friday’s Major State Calendar in the Texas House. #txlege

The bill stalled on a point of order yesterday.
thetexan.news/house-democrat… The vote was 6-4 along party lines in the calendars committee.
May 3, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
New: @MattRinaldiTX memo to @TexasGOP county chairs about #HB1635. #txlege

“If it passes, RPT will likely advise county chairs, in an abundance of caution & unless the weight of the evidence is beyond any doubt, to accept all ballot applications & not reject any…for any… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image The bill would prohibit parties from denying eligible candidates from running on their ballots.

More on the issue and fight over it within #txlege: thetexan.news/intra-gop-prox…
Dec 23, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
9 am update: Now entering what was projected earlier in the week to be the tightest hour, demand is lower than expected (still very high) and capacity is lower than expected. Normal conditions currently with 6,000 MW in reserve.

Prices a lot lower than earlier this morning. Fuel mix at the moment:

Natgas-60%
Wind-14.5%
Coal-12.8%
Nuclear-7%
Solar-5.6%
Dec 23, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
ERCOT expects demand to peak just shy of 77,000 MW later this morning — about 7k more than projected earlier this week and a would be record. Natgas is supplying almost 60% of the power right now and electricity prices are very high in most of the state. ERCOT expects to have almost 89,000 MW capacity later this morning. The tightest margin is expected to come this am around 8 & then this evening as the sun sets. Wind is currently performing at 40% capacity and is expected to drop to as low as 11% while solar performs its best.
Dec 21, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This presser is now underway.

"The grid is ready and reliable -- we expect to have enough generation to meet demand throughout this winter cold snap," @PUCTX Chair Peter Lake says. REPs and generators have put off scheduled maintenance to be available this week.

Lake adds that localized outages caused by downed power lines/falling tree branches are not related to the status of the power grid.
Dec 21, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
State officials will convene at 10 to discuss the grid and this week's cold front.

Currently, conditions are fine and ERCOT expects Friday morning to have the lowest temps of this week. Current demand is 54k MW with a projected available capacity later of up to 87k MW. ImageImage ERCOT projected a peak winter 2022-23 demand of 67,298 MW w/ a 87,300 MW supply expected available to meet it.

On Tues, ERCOT officials said they now expect demand to hit 70,000 MW, occurring on Fri morning. Available supply is also adjusted to "nearly 90,000 MW" for this week.
Nov 14, 2022 • 37 tweets • 33 min read
Today is #txlege 88R bill prefiling day. Legislators will begin filing their bills after 8 am.

You can look at them here: capitol.texas.gov/Reports/Genera…

I'll post notable ones in this thread once they begin coming in. First bill loaded to TLO is @jamestalarico's HB21 that would establish the Texas Independent Redistricting Commission: capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/bi… Image
May 1, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The immediate aftermath of the communist parade in downtown Austin blocking an intersection. They were ordered off Congress Ave but are now back marching down 4th St. Now on Brazos.
Apr 29, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Up now on the House floor is @CraigGoldman's bill that would give the state the ability to punish localities that have "defunded their police."

#HB1900 was part of a marathon State Affairs Committee hearing back in March. #txlege
thetexan.news/austin-police-… Here's a summary on what reprimanding tools the bill would give the state: Image
Feb 24, 2021 • 17 tweets • 8 min read
"Our job is to provide explanations, not excuses. And to find ways to prevent this from happening in the future." -- @ERCOT_ISO president Bill Magness The slides on the @ERCOT_ISO presentation detailing what the organization does and does not do.
Feb 22, 2021 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
There's been a lot of criticism of the Biden admin for the Dept. of @ENERGY's order responding to @ERCOT_ISO's request to A) allow generating units to operate at maximum capacity & B) temporarily waive emissions caps.

But the DOE approved ERCOT's request.
energy.gov/sites/prod/fil… There are generation caps past a certain total of emissions produced. Once triggered, a generator must cease operations for a given period of time.

Obviously, that is not conducive to an emergency situation like last week's -- hence the @ERCOT_ISO request.
May 19, 2020 • 18 tweets • 11 min read
The City of Austin/Travis County 2020 homeless population survey is out: austinecho.org/wp-content/upl…

For context, this comes after the 2019 decisions by city council to rescind its camping/lying ban in July, then reinstated some restrictions in October. #ATX
thetexan.news/austin-city-co… The new survey shows an 11% increase in 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

Additionally, there was a 45% increase in 𝑢𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 homeless individuals and a 20% decrease in the 𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 count. #ATX