Pitch made for new power plants Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment

Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest invest- ment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston.

Patrick and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink shared the stage as they attempted to persuade in vestors to take advantage of $10 billion in incentives and bonuses provided by the state after voters approved a constitutional amend ment last November, kut.org re- ported.

“We estimate in this room there’s $2.2 trillion,' Fink told the crowd. "We only have to put $10 billion to work, so can we get it done? Can we start raising hands?” While Patrick remained op - timistic the plan would attract investors interested in building new power plants, others aren't so sure.