The Houston Chronicle had an interesting opinion piece in Monday’s edition extolling nuclear energy and its ability to help the Texas grid.
Specifically, the opinion noted a partnership between Dow and X-energy to build a small modular reactor (SMR) at a Dow industrial site in the San Antonio Bay town of Seadrift.
The SMR will bring cleaner energy for Dow and will employ about 100 people full-time, the op-ed article indicated.
The article was written by Calhoun County Judge Richard Myer and Tom Graves, a pro-nuclear former policymaker.
The article notes that South Texas and Comanche Peak nuclear plants account for 23% of Texas’ clean energy production.
They say the Seadrift site will reduce the site’s yearly carbon dioxide emissions by about 440,000 metric tons – the same as taking about 100,000 passenger vehicles off the road.
As I write this Monday afternoon, my Fightin’ Texas Aggies are about to play the third College World Series game at Omaha.
The third game, with both teams at 1-1, is the decisive one in the best of three series with Tennessee.
I’m excited the Ags are playing for a national championship.
I bleed maroon no matter what.
The Bay City Sentinel publishes stories from the Texas Tribune on a regular basis.
We have a Tribune article on Page 8 in this edition about ERCOT’s prediction that Texas electricity demand could nearly double in six years.
While our goal is to fill the Sentinel with local stories – and we have many in this paper – we think it’s important to share state stories that have major implications.
And the Texas Tribune serves that role for us.
Television news doesn’t cover state news like the Tribune and I’m not sure many of our readers subscribe to the large dailies in our state like the Houston Chronicle.
Finally, the Commissioners Court meeting Monday had several people who were interested in future building plans for Matagorda and Sargent.
The court delivered by issuing certificates of obligation that will pay for several buildings, including a JP Building in Matagorda and a community center in Sargent.
I have more detail in my commissioners court coverage on Page 1.
