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The LCRA will award 16 scholarships, each worth $2,000. Half of the scholarships will be awarded to students planning to attend a four-year college or university.
LCRA is warning its firm water customers that it will likely be moving to Stage 2 of its drought response in early March, which will mean watering restrictions and efforts to conserve water.
LCRA plans to build two electric generating units at LCRA’s natural gas-fired peaker Timmerman Power Plant in Caldwell County, with the first unit expected to be online later this year.
LCRA considers new water supply strategies as it plans for uncertainty The agency says population growth rates of existing customers could be higher than expected and future droughts could be worse.
Just about one month ago, as the Llano River and other Highland Lake tributaries were flooding and the water was rising across the lakes, Lower Colorado River Authority personnel huddled in the ...
LCRA’s state-approved water management plan required it to cut off Highland Lakes water to agricultural customers in the Gulf Coast, Lakeside and Pierce Ranch operations this year based on the ...
The LCRA on Monday moved from Stage 2 to Stage 1 of its drought response thanks to an increase to two water supply reservoirs — lakes Buchanan and Travis.
The Kerrville Public Utility Board was among several former LCRA customers sued by the Austin-based conservation and reclamation district over their termination last summer of wholesale power ...
The LCRA denied breaching the uniform-rate clause of its contracts but confirmed allowing 33 customers who signed contract extensions until 2041 to buy a portion of their power elsewhere.
The restrictions will remain in place for all LCRA customers until water levels in Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan go above 1.1 million acre-feet.
Even as executive salaries at LCRA appear in line with industry norms, bonuses were on the high end compared to other Central Texas utilities that are serving fast-growing areas.
A new Water Supply Report also states the LCRA could have more new customers than expected, and customers could have future droughts worse than what we have experienced.