WHEREAS, By generating 20.7 billion kilowatt-hours of energy HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, 1-2 through the noteworthy efforts of its team members, serves as a 1-3 valuable energy resource to the citizens of Texas; and 1-4 WHEREAS, By generating 20.7 billion kilowatt-hours of energy in 1-5 1996, the station met the electrical needs of 1,500,000 Texas homes 1-6 during that year; and 1-7 WHEREAS, The South Texas Project Team set a new standard for 1-8 the safety and efficiency of U.S. nuclear energy plant refueling 1-9 outages, refueling Unit 2 in 17.6 days in February 1997; and 1-10 WHEREAS, South Texas Project Unit 2 ranked second in the U.S. 1-11 and sixth in the world for electrical power generation from nuclear 1-12 energy in 1996, while Unit 1 placed third and seventh respectively 1-13 in those categories; and 1-14 WHEREAS, The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations on April 1-15 18, 1996, rated South Texas Project performance as category 1, the 1-16 institute's highest performance ranking, noting the project's 1-17 excellent overall performance and that no significant weaknesses 1-18 were found; and 1-19 WHEREAS, On May 1, 1996, the South Texas Project Team 1-20 received from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission its Systematic 1-21 Assessment of Licensee Performance ratings, having earned a mark of 1-22 "superior" in the maintenance and support categories and "good" 1-23 ratings for operations and engineering; now, therefore, be it 1-24 RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-1 hereby acknowledge its appreciation of the South Texas Project Team 2-2 for their unwavering commitment to setting and meeting the highest 2-3 possible standards of safety, efficiency, and performance and, in 2-4 recognition of the team members' many significant achievements, 2-5 extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success in the 2-6 future. Uher _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 162 was adopted by the House on April 11, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 162 was adopted by the Senate on April 28, 1997, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor