AUSTIN — A little-known state committee consisting mainly of oil and energy executives approved recommendations Wednesday that lawmakers could rely on in next year’s legislative session to reshape Texas’ shaky power grid.
The State Energy Plan Advisory Committee’s 7-5 vote was far from a mandate. It illustrated the concerns of several members about the lack of time and deliberation devoted to creating a dense report, which state lawmakers might take as gospel next year when they take a second whack at redesigning Texas’ grid.
The report’s approval also gave wide latitude to the committee’s chairman, Lower Colorado River Authority CEO Phil Wilson, to revise recommendations that haven’t fully been written. Wilson, a former secretary of state under Gov. Rick Perry and a close ally to Gov. Greg Abbott, was the deciding vote to approve the report.
