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CFISD board designates reinvestment zone to advance NRG JEDI energy project
Summary
The board approved a resolution to designate a reinvestment zone related to an application from NRG THWGT LLC under Chapter 403, Subchapter 2 of the Texas Government Code to enable a JEDI agreement; district staff said the project is intended to improve grid reliability.
The Cypress‑Fairbanks ISD Board of Trustees voted June 23 to designate a reinvestment zone related to an application from NRG THWGT LLC so the district can proceed toward a JEDI (Jobs, Energy and Innovation) agreement under state law.
District staff presented the item as part of a state program created by the 88th Texas Legislature (House Bill 5, 2023) to spur energy facility development and strengthen grid reliability. Karen Smith (district staff) told the board the project under consideration is one of three generation facilities proposed in the Houston area and that the developer described it during the presentation as a “45,455‑megawatt electric power generation plant” (figure given in the…
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