Dear Mr. Garza, Welcome to the fray. As the newly appointed General Manager and CEO of the Lower Colorado River Authority, you have inherited an incredibly complex and contentious situation regarding the Fayette Power Project (FPP).
The fun is just starting for you. You come to this position with a good name and a well-outlined history of doing the right thing, specifically your hard-fought victories navigating the transition away from legacy coal assets at CPS Energy in San Antonio. Many of us here have a genuine hope that you will bring much-needed cultural change to this agency. But please, do not let the institutional sewer you have just been thrown into blemish your past hard work.
Because as you settle into your new office, there is a hard truth about Fayette County you need to understand: the pollution leaking from the FPP is an environmental crisis, but the machinery protecting that pollution is a far greater threat to our community.
