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Celina officials deny proposal for downtown senior living facility

Plans for a proposed senior living facility in downtown Celina are on hold after city officials denied a proposal modifying several city design standards.

What happened: Celina City Council voted at an April 14 meeting to deny the requested changes. The applicant requested several changes to the city’s downtown code, including increasing the maximum building height from three stories to five and allowing a different building type. Plans for the project included a five-story, age-restricted independent living facility with a structured parking garage.

Zooming in: Dusty McAfee, Celina’s director of development services, said the item had been tabled for the past couple of meetings while an associated development incentive agreement was being worked out. Part of the discussion included nearby roadway improvements surrounding the proposed site.

Quote of note: “There’s $2.8 million in roadway improvements, but one thing we struggle with is the perception of the project coming off like we’re incentivizing multifamily, which obviously with our water situation, it’s not something we really want to do,” Mayor Ryan Tubbs said.

 
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New primary and pediatric care clinic opens in Celina

Texas Primary & Pediatric Care opened its first Celina location April 2.

What you need to know: The clinic, located in the Creekside Celina Office Park, marks the practice’s second Dallas-Fort Worth location and offers both adult primary care and pediatric services. The clinic specializes in internal medicine, pediatrics and endocrinology.

  • 3925 S. Preston Road, Ste. 100, Celina
 

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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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