Fort Worth Eyes Energy Credits for $7M Shortfall

0:00Fort Worth ditched its old city hall back in March 2025 after moving into a shiny new spot, but now they're eyeing a big repurpose for. The spot at 200 Texas Street turning it into hub for police, library, and IT crews. Thing is, the revance is going to run $50 million, and they've only got $43 million lined up, leaving a $7 million whole. To plug that gap, city leaders are floating the idea of caching in on renewable energy credits they've held since 2021 from a deal with. Reliant energy. These credits prove part of the city's power comes from green sources, overseen by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. No direct hits to residents here, these are just internal perks for the city's sustainability game, with reliant retiring them yearly to keep things. Legit. Selling them is the one shot at turning them into real dollars. Staff pulled together funds from sales tax districts and a potential prop C-win on

1:00May 2nd for $2.2 million toward history, projects, but that's not enough. They're prepping more plans by late summer to close the shortfall. City Council hits the vote on selling those credits at their 11 a.m. meeting. April 28th could be the quick fix to keep this consolidation. Rolling smooth. Local news, powered by AI, this is Dallas News Today. I'm Corey with the story.