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After Plant is Canceled, Coal Faces Bleak Future in Texas

Plans to build a new Gulf Coast power plant called White Stallion have fizzled, marking a victory for environmental advocates and — for now, at least — the demise of new coal plant projects in Texas.

By Terrence Henry, KUT News/StateImpact Texas
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Rikki Stanley, director of local development for the White Stallion Energy Center, shows a chunk of the type of coal that the coal plant plans to burn.
Credit: Michael Stravato

Plans to build a new Gulf Coast power plant called White Stallion have fizzled, marking a victory for environmental advocates and — for now, at least — the demise of new coal plant projects in Texas. Read the full story at StateImpact Texas.

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Terrence Henry

KUT NEWS/STATEIMPACT TEXAS

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