H.R. No. 375
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Magic Valley Electric Cooperative has played a vital
role in the lives of Rio Grande Valley residents for more than eight
decades, and its crews went to commendable lengths to restore power
to area households in the wake of Hurricane Hanna; and
WHEREAS, The storm made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on
Padre Island on July 25, 2020, bringing winds of up to 90 miles per
hour and inundating parts of South Texas with over 15 inches of
rain; disaster declarations were issued in 32 counties, and as a
result of downed power lines and other infrastructure damage, tens
of thousands of outages were reported in Corpus Christi, Laredo,
and the Rio Grande Valley; and
WHEREAS, At the peak of the outages, more than 75,000 Magic
Valley Electric Cooperative members, a majority of the
organization's patrons, were without power; in the week that
followed, MVEC deployed linemen to neighborhoods that received
storm damage, and through their diligent efforts, electricity was
restored to almost all of those affected within days of the
hurricane; and
WHEREAS, Founded by a group of local farmers and ranchers in
1937, MVEC is an independent not-for-profit member-owned
organization; it has long been an integral part of the community,
and it is today a reliable source of electric power to over 125,000
member accounts in seven counties; and
WHEREAS, After nearly a century in the Rio Grande Valley,
Magic Valley Electric Cooperative continues to further its
reputation for excellence, and the professionals who were part of
its Hurricane Hanna recovery team are to be commended for their
dedicated efforts; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
Legislature hereby honor Magic Valley Electric Cooperative for its
outstanding work to restore service to its members in the aftermath
of Hurricane Hanna and that all those affiliated with the
organization be extended sincere best wishes for continued success;
and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Magic Valley Electric Cooperative as an expression of
high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.
Canales
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 375 was adopted by the House on March
25, 2021, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House