NEWS: Congressman Greg Casar & Texans Celebrate the Connect the Grid Act Introduction
TEXAS – This week, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), local leaders, and Texans impacted by Winter Storm Uri hosted press conferences in Austin and San Antonio celebrating the introduction of the Connect the Grid Act, H.R.7348.
The Connect the Grid Act would require the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to connect to the nation’s major electric grids. By connecting the ERCOT grid, all Texans and Americans would have more reliable electricity, saving lives in future natural disasters. The U.S. would also be better-able to reach its climate goals with Texas’s clean energy production.
The bill is co-led by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and Senator Ed Markey (MA). Original House co-sponsors include Representatives Troy Carter (LA-02), Joaquin Castro (TX-20), Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05), Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Lloyd Doggett (TX-37), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Maxwell Frost (FL-10), Robert Garcia (CA-42), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Al Green (TX-09), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), and Rashida Tlaib (MI-12).
The bill is endorsed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Popular Democracy, Clean Energy Grid Action (CEGA), Chispa Texas, Deeds Not Words, Dove Springs Proud, Food & Water Watch, IBEW, IBEW 7th District, Indivisible, League of Conservation Voters, LIUNA - SWLDC, People's Action, PODER, Progress Texas, Public Citizen, San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel (AFT/NEA), Sunrise Movement, Sunrise Movement Austin, Texas AFL-CIO, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Texas Climate Jobs Project, Texas Organizing Project, Workers Defense Project, and Working Families Party.
Resources:
- Learn more at casar.house.gov/grid
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Congressman Greg Casar represents Texas’s 35th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which runs down I-35 from East Austin to Hays County to the West Side of San Antonio. A labor organizer and son of Mexican immigrants, Casar serves as the Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus for the 118th Congress. He also serves on the Committee on Oversight and Accountability and the Committee on Agriculture.
