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River authorities have advised that the public avoids Central Texas lakes in the days after the region’s devastating floods.

The plants would be activated during emergencies. Lawmakers haven’t decided whether to pay for them through state funds or higher charges to electricity customers.

The majority of Boerne residents will temporarily be without power Thursday morning.

A large portion of the city of Seguin was without power once again thanks to a raccoon.

Nearly half of Seguin was temporarily without power Saturday night after a raccoon made its way into a Lower Colorado River Authority transformer.

Multiple representatives from CPS Energy have pushed back on the notion that they were ill-equipped to forecast storms. AdMoreno said last week the utility also uses public sources like the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio and local newscasts. RELATED: CPS Energy faces $1 billion bill for winter weather power crisisA CPS Energy vehicle. (KSAT)DTN’s vice president of weather operations, Renny Vandewege, told the Defenders via telephone Friday CPS uses a customized version of the company’s weather platform, WeatherSentry. And while DTN employs a significant number of meteorologists, Vandewege did not know if communication between DTN and CPS increased as the storm approached Texas.

He is working seven days a week and approximately 50 hours for the health commission, and at least 30 hours for the river authority, said spokespeople for both organizations. HHSC spokesperson Christine Mann said Wilsons job at the health agency remains temporary, and said he chose not to accept a salary or benefits for the position. River Authority spokesperson Clara Tuma said Wilsons in touch daily with the organizations leadership. The river authority and health commission have no overlapping business or operations, she said. Like Wilson, chief of staff Greg Cox is similarly splitting his work days between the two organizations while remaining on river authority payroll.