Texas gets $60 million in federal funds to strengthen power grid against extreme weather

The Texas Division of Emergency Management will decide how to use the money.

The main switchyard at a Midlothian power plant. The federal government is sending Texas more than $60 million to strengthen the states power grid., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that it will award the funds so that Texas’ power grid might better withstand extreme weather events. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law created the grant program.

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