Texas lawmaker floats starting school year later to reduce 'wasteful stress' on power grid

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas lawmaker said he may introduce legislation next year aimed at pushing back the start of the school year as a way to reduce "awfully wasteful stress on our power grid," according to a social media post this weekend.

State Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, wrote on his X account, "With 1,100 new residents daily and an ever-expanding economy, opening schools before Labor Day is an awfully wasteful stress on our power grid. Cooling thousands of buildings - often the...