LCRA to build new Central Texas power plant to supplement grid

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Lower Colorado River Authority is planning to build a new peaker power plant in Central Texas that it said will support the Texas electric grid when needed.
According to the LCRA, the plant will be able to provide an additional 190 megawatts of dispatchable power to the grid. The plant is expected to be operational in 2025.
A peaker plant is one that typically is used for brief periods during times when the demand for power "approaches or surpasses the amount of power availa