Mystery Behind Sandy Creek Power Plant Begins to Unravel
![Robert Cervenka, a neighbor of the troubled coal power plant, has been ranching here for over seventy years.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141031103802im_/http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/files/2012/01/edited_2012_01_11_Waco_Power_Cattle439-100x100.jpg)
What happened at the Sandy Creek power plant? The new coal-powered generator, one of the few developing coal projects in the state, had a strange malfunction last fall, setting back construction on the plant a year, and pushing the Texas electric grid even further into a tight spot. The power station in Riesel was set to [...]