Farmers Branch moves closer to being Texas' first self-sustaining city
No other Texas city makes enough renewable energy inside its borders to fulfill its energy needs. The idea came up when Texas' grid went down. Exam...
No other Texas city makes enough renewable energy inside its borders to fulfill its energy needs. The idea came up when Texas' grid went down. Example video title will go here for this video FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — When Texas grid operator ERCOT left the state in the dark and cold in 2021, Farmers Branch city leaders began thinking about what could be changed locally. It found the answer in a decades-old landfill. 'Just seeing the impact that it had on the local, just everybody in terms of losing their electricity, is there anything we can do,' sustainability director Shane Davis said.