The city’s upcoming load-balancing improvement project aims to lower electric rates and ensure electric lines, transformers and capacitors are properly balanced. (Zoe Naylor | Houston Herald)

At its Monday meeting, the Houston City Council unanimously voted to accept a bid from BCS Electric to balance the city’s electric load and capacitor banks to avoid “line loss” and to ultimately lower electric rates.

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Originally from middle Tennessee, Zoe graduated from the University of Missouri in May 2026 with a master's in journalism. She primarily covers local government and school board and writes features for...