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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
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 | ||