LCRA plans to build two electric generating units at LCRA’s natural gas-fired peaker Timmerman Power Plant in Caldwell County ...

BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A $76 million, three-year project is starting on the Wirtz Dam in Burnet ... generation infrastructure. According to a press release, LCRA plans to invest more ...

hydroelectricity — a power source that spurred the LCRA's creation almost 80 years ago — has faded further into obscurity. LCRA's Max Starcke Dam, just east of Marble Falls, Texas. It is one ...

Miriam “Ma” Ferguson delivered the Lower Colorado River Authority into existence ... He attempted to tap the river’s power near Marble Falls, but the dam was only partially built because ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On Sunday, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) said it planned to release water at two dams following widespread flooding across the Central Texas region on Friday.

The new plant will be the second peaker plant in LCRA’s generation fleet. LCRA also owns and operates Winchester Power Park, a 184-MW natural-gas fired peaker plant in Fayette County.

Ferguson Power Plant was built nearby in Llano County. According to the LCRA, the agency is upgrading each gate at Wirtz Dam "with a new custom-made floodgate that meets today’s engineering ...

While this summer has been dry, flood gates having to be open during this time period isn’t unusual, according to the LCRA. “Because Lake LBJ is a hydroelectric (dam) and a source of cooling ...

With thunderstorms already showering Austin and possible every day this week, the Lower Colorado River Authority is pushing water through two floodgates at Wirtz Dam, which forms Lake LBJ ...