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Cielo Behavioral Health Early Skills Center now open near Bee Cave

Cielo Behavioral Health Early Skills Center officially opened in Bee Cave on Jan. 5.

The Overview: Cielo Behavioral Health utilizes Applied Behavioral Analysis services, which focus on improving social skills, communication and learning for those with autism or developmental delays.

The Early Skills Center emphasizes play-based ABA services for young children, focused on early learning and school readiness, co-owner Omar Abdullah said.

“We try to simulate a school environment to be able to work on those skills that are pre-academic,” Abdullah said.

The Details: Cielo Behavioral Health also offers in-home coaching, group coaching and telehealth appointments. Care for adult patients is available as well.

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Lakeway moves forward in changing special use and conditional use permit process

Lakeway City Council moved to provide city staff with guidelines to potentially amend the special use and conditional use permitting process on April 20 in an effort to make the permitting process more practical and consistent with the city's development needs.

The background: Currently, Lakeway’s zoning code for office/retail and commercial/light industrial allows some uses without permitting, while many require additional approval. Often, otherwise compatible commercial uses are required to obtain a special use permit if the business is located within 300 feet of residential or school property. 

The details: Many of the special use permits that have been approved by City Council have a duration of 99 years, and the code as written makes special use permits follow the business or applicant rather than the use, resulting in potential issues with consistency and redundancy, City Manager Joseph Molis said.

What's next: City staff will present the changes at the next City Council meeting.

 

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ERCOT forecasts quadruple growth in electric demand, warns estimate is likely overinflated

Demand on the Texas power grid could more than quadruple in the next six years, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced April 15.

The details: The state grid operator projected that peak electric demand could hit 367,790 megawatts by 2032—more than four times the current demand record of 85,508 megawatts, which was set during an August 2023 heat wave. Much of this forecasted growth is due to data centers, according to ERCOT documents.

However, ERCOT leaders warned that the growth forecast is “preliminary” and needs adjustments.

What's happening: During an April 17 meeting, ERCOT officials told the Public Utility Commission of Texas that they plan to work with utility providers to issue a revised forecast in the coming weeks.

“I think it's clear we need to engage in the process and look at ways to refine this number to something that's more usable,” PUC Chair Thomas Gleeson said.

Stay tuned: ERCOT said it expects peak electric demand on the grid this summer will hit between 90,500-98,000 megawatts, which would shatter the current demand record.

 

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