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.

According to LCRA, irrigation in the summer can account for ~70% of a home’s water use. Even under some of the wetter scenarios, it’s hard for it to rain enough to mitigate the additional ...

The LCRA will award two $100,000 grants — one after the July application period and another after the January 2026 application period — to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the CDPP.

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) announced it plans to build a new peaker plant in Central Texas to provide an additional 190 MW of dispatchable power to the Texas power grid.

LCRA described firm customers as primarily municipalities, water districts and industries that purchase water that will be available even during a repeat of the worst drought this region has seen ...

The LCRA said it is now in Stage 1 of its drought contingency plan and it is requesting that its firm customers – mostly water districts, municipalities and industries – to reduce water use by 5%.

According to the LCRA, customers include municipalities, industries and temporary water users who must have a firm water supply contract to use water from the Highland Lakes or lower Colorado River.

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 — whose combined storage has increased ...

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) said it will build a new 190-MW peaker power plant in central Texas to provide additional dispatchable power to the state’s electric grid.