PUC urged to more closely vet plant loan applicants

The Public Utility Commission has drawn criticism after initially approving a power plant project in the Rio Grande Valley for a company whose CEO was convicted of embezzlement seven years earlier.The application has since been canceled, theT exas Standardreported. Earlier this month, the Senate Finance Committee grilled agency leaders, who are tasked with approving loans out of a $5 bil...

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