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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Magic Valley Electric Cooperative has played a vital |
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role in the lives of Rio Grande Valley residents for more than eight |
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decades, and its crews went to commendable lengths to restore power |
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to area households in the wake of Hurricane Hanna; and |
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WHEREAS, The storm made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on |
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Padre Island on July 25, 2020, bringing winds of up to 90 miles per |
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hour and inundating parts of South Texas with over 15 inches of |
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rain; disaster declarations were issued in 32 counties, and as a |
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result of downed power lines and other infrastructure damage, tens |
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of thousands of outages were reported in Corpus Christi, Laredo, |
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and the Rio Grande Valley; and |
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WHEREAS, At the peak of the outages, more than 75,000 Magic |
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Valley Electric Cooperative members, a majority of the |
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organization's patrons, were without power; in the week that |
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followed, MVEC deployed linemen to neighborhoods that received |
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storm damage, and through their diligent efforts, electricity was |
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restored to almost all of those affected within days of the |
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hurricane; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded by a group of local farmers and ranchers in |
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1937, MVEC is an independent not-for-profit member-owned |
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organization; it has long been an integral part of the community, |
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and it is today a reliable source of electric power to over 125,000 |
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member accounts in seven counties; and |
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WHEREAS, After nearly a century in the Rio Grande Valley, |
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Magic Valley Electric Cooperative continues to further its |
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reputation for excellence, and the professionals who were part of |
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its Hurricane Hanna recovery team are to be commended for their |
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dedicated efforts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Magic Valley Electric Cooperative for its |
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outstanding work to restore service to its members in the aftermath |
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of Hurricane Hanna and that all those affiliated with the |
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organization be extended sincere best wishes for continued success; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Magic Valley Electric Cooperative as an expression of |
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high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |