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Galena Park ISD signals willingness to enter JEDI tax‑limitation agreement with NRG Greens Bayou 6 LLC
Summary
After a public hearing on an application under Texas’ JEDI incentive program, the Galena Park ISD board voted 7–0 to determine it is agreeable to entering an agreement with NRG Greens Bayou 6 LLC, subject to final board approval of a formal contract. Presenters outlined project investment, jobs and estimated district tax impacts.
Galena Park ISD trustees voted unanimously on Aug. 11 to state that the district is agreeable to entering a tax‑limitation agreement with NRG Greens Bayou 6 LLC under the Job Energy Technology and Innovation (JEDI) program, after a required public hearing on the company’s application.
At a public hearing conducted before the regular meeting, a consultant for the applicant described the proposed project (referred to in the transcript as “Electric Fruit Generation”), saying the applicant plans roughly $570,000,000 in capital investment and has committed to about 14 qualifying jobs with an annual wage figure cited in the presentation (about $178,000). The presenter said electricity‑generation projects are exempt from the program’s jobs threshold metric but remain subject to wage commitments.
The presenter…
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