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Photo credit: sandowlakes.com rendering of Sandow Lakes' masterplan.

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The location of Sandow Lakes' natural gas power plant was its selling point. Until it wasn't. 

by Claire Hao

Energy & Power Grid Reporter

April 3 e-edition; Sunday, April 6 print edition 

Read article at above link, or HERE with active links. (The article is also reproduced in pdf, below in 2025 Resources.)

USE the ACTION BUTTON below to go to the NEWS page BLOGS, April 3, March 25 and March 19 for these IMPORTANT ACTION ITEMS:

You need to contact State Senator Lois Kolkhorst --See April 3 Blog.

We also need you to comment at TCEQ  and attend the April 24 public meeting in Lexington --See March 19 and 25 Blogs.

Travis Brown, who spearheads the Steering Committee for Move the Gas Plant, is the retired journalist and perennial community advocate who made this news article happen.

See Travis's Opinion in March 27, 2025 Lexington Leader,  in  "2025 Resources" on the RESOURCES page. [NEW! LexLeader_TCEQ Meeting_Brown Opinion]

Claire Hao is a reporter at the Houston Chronicle covering the Texas power grid, the clean energy transition and other electricity-related topics.  Claire previously spent a year on the climate and environment team of the San Francisco Chronicle. She has written for the news desks of Bloomberg Law and the Chicago Tribune as well as for the editorial board of the Washington Post. Claire graduated from the University of Michigan.  
 

 
Read another important March 28, 2025 energy/legislature article from Claire Hao in the Houston Chronicle, and follow the progress of legislative efforts to manage the demands of growth on our Grid.
The article begs this  QUESTION:
 How much will the SLE 1,200 MW plant actually contribute to Texas' grid (ERCOT)? ANSWER:  At a maximum, 80MW of production will be sold to the public.*

*Source:  TCEQ'S REVIEW OF SLE'S APPLICATION as follows: "SL Energy has stated that electricity will be sold to the state electric grid, with about 80 MW sold to the public during ERCOT system peak periods. Electricity will continue to be sold to the public until all of the private customers have completed projects slated to accept the power being generated by these two turbines. Both gas turbines are expected to operate up to 8,076 hours per year each, which includes periods of startup and shutdown. "