Texas’s capital daily newspaper; covers Austin and central Texas news; in latest headlines for power/battery expansion and a Texas plane crash incident.
A NetJets-operated Cessna Citation Latitude crashed on a Texas highway near Laredo, killing one person and leaving others injured. The jet was en route from Los Cabos to Austin when it suffered mechanical issues, prompting an emergency landing and a fiery crash that halted traffic. Survivors are hospitalized in stable condition; investigations by NTSB and FAA have begun.
Base Power has secured a $1 billion Series D, valuing the company at $13 billion, and is expanding with home batteries in Texas and Illinois, integrating storage to stabilize grid demand amid surging electricity use driven by electrification and AI data centers.