Bill Text: TX HR679 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing AEP Texas for its work to restore electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-13 - Reported enrolled [HR679 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR679-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 679 | ||
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| WHEREAS, AEP Texas, an energy delivery company that serves | ||
| more than one million electricity customers, played an admirable | ||
| role in the Hurricane Harvey recovery effort by quickly restoring | ||
| power to homes and businesses in affected communities; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The devastating Category 4 hurricane made landfall | ||
| on August 25, 2017, in the Coastal Bend area of AEP Texas' service | ||
| territory, which spans nearly 100,000 square miles; the havoc | ||
| caused by the storm included widespread damage to distribution | ||
| poles, transmission structures, and other assets and the loss of | ||
| power to some 220,000 of AEP Texas' customers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, AEP Texas promptly deployed crews to repair and | ||
| replace downed and damaged equipment numbering in the thousands, | ||
| and at the peak of the restoration effort, around 5,600 workers were | ||
| helping to reconnect power service in neighborhoods that the storm | ||
| left in the dark; thanks to the hard work of these dedicated | ||
| individuals, 549 downed or damaged transmission structures, 5,500 | ||
| distribution poles, and 3 million feet of conductor were replaced, | ||
| and 96 percent of AEP Texas customers regained electricity within | ||
| 14 days; this monumental task was made possible, in part, through | ||
| the cooperation of other Texas utilities, the Electric Reliability | ||
| Council of Texas, and regional mutual assistance groups, and | ||
| employees of the company also benefited from an outpouring of | ||
| support from community leaders and the public; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Hurricane Harvey inflicted unprecedented damage on | ||
| the energy infrastructure of many Texas communities, but AEP Texas | ||
| rose to this formidable challenge to meet the needs of its | ||
| customers, and all those who contributed to this vital undertaking | ||
| may take great pride in their work; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby recognize AEP Texas for its efforts to restore | ||
| electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and extend to the | ||
| company and its employees sincere best wishes for the future; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the company as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Lozano | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 679 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 5, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
