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Peoples Pharmacy changes ownership after nearly 50 years

Peoples Pharmacy—also known as Peoples Wellness—recently sold to Kimberli Wiley, owner of CPRx Pharmacy in Austin. The new ownership will bring expanded health and wellness offerings to all locations.

The backstory: Bill Swail opened the first Peoples Pharmacy locations in 1980 in central and South Austin. The brand later expanded to open two additional locations in Northwest Austin and Westlake.

What they offer: Peoples offers a range of wellness products, including pharmaceutical-grade supplements, beauty and personal care products, vitamins, at-home wellness testing kits and gluten-free foods.

What’s changed: With the new ownership, Wiley is launching a collaboration with Victory Medical center, which offers family and integrated medicine, urgent care, weight management and more.

Peoples Pharmacy will now expand to offer GLP-1s, peptides and nurse practitioners available to see clients in store. The new services will be offered at all four existing locations.

4018 N. Lamar Blvd., Austin; 3801 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. B, Austin; 2805 Bee Caves Road, Ste. 416, Austin; 13860 Research Blvd., Ste. C, Austin

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Texas’ audit of hundreds of proposed data centers will likely wrap up by the end of the year, grid officials said Aug. 20.

The overview: Up to 300 proposals will be audited to ensure they meet certain criteria before the data centers can begin connecting to the state electric grid. If all the plans are approved, these facilities alone could use about 200 gigawatts of electricity—more than twice Texas’ 91-gigawatt peak demand record, which was set on July 22.

How we got here: On Aug. 3, Gov. Greg Abbott directed ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to audit proposed data centers regarding their water and electricity use; tax exemptions; impacts on residents; and facility ownership.

More details: Only large loads, or facilities that are expected to use at least 75 megawatts of electricity, will be fully audited. However, ERCOT will also survey proposed data centers that would use 25 megawatts of electricity or more.

ERCOT plans to release reports detailing the results of the audit and surveys on Dec. 10, officials said.