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The new development ends the immediate threat that up to 400,000 customers could lose power, but the underlying financial dispute between two energy giants stemming from last February's winter storm remains unresolved.

Most local officials insist they still have testing capacity at their public testing sites, but Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said demand has outpaced supply.

The new rules preempt state and local laws, including part of Gov. Greg Abbott鈥檚 ban on vaccine mandates.

A prohibition on vaccine mandates was one of Gov. Greg Abbott鈥檚 priorities for the special session, but it did not have enough support in the Legislature. Business groups rallied against the bill.

The law says the state's natural gas system won't be required to prepare for extreme weather until 2022 at the earliest and allows companies to opt out of weatherization requirements.

Lawmakers cannot pass laws to improve Texas鈥� power grid during the special legislative session. They鈥檙e discussing it anyway.

Texans were asked to cut back on their electricity use for a week because of 鈥渢ight鈥� power grid conditions, according to ERCOT officials. They still haven鈥檛 said what caused the plant outages.

The extra $300 federal benefit will end June 26 for jobless Texans. Abbott also cut off another federal benefit that extended aid to gig workers, self-employed people and others who aren鈥檛 traditionally covered by unemployment insurance.

Time is running out on a slate of other bills lawmakers are considering that stem from February's deadly winter storm.

As lawmakers advance bills targeting renewable energy sources, experts call the efforts 鈥渄iscriminatory鈥� and 鈥減olitically motivated.鈥�

The state's grid operator included extreme weather scenarios in its early summer assessment and found that a combination of a severe drought, heat wave and low winds could lead to more power outages. Experts warn this summer could be hot and dry, enhanced by climate change.

The state's grid operator included extreme weather scenarios in its early summer assessment and found that a combination of a severe drought, heat wave and low winds could lead to more power outages. Experts warn this summer could be hot and dry, enhanced by climate change.