Texas Senate Bill 2116, now known as the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act, passed unanimously through the Texas House and Senate, was signed into law by Governor Abbott on June 5 and is effective immediately. The law prohibits companies from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from investing in projects connected to Texas's critical infrastructure, including the electrical grid.

In 2017 the Devils River Conservancy (DRC) discovered that a Chinese billionaire, through an intermediary, acquired 130,000 acres in Val Verde County, Texas, with plans to build wind farms and

connect to the Texas grid. The DRC's initial concerns were impacts to the karst aquifer, endangered species, wilderness viewsheds, private property values, dark skies, migratory birds, and bats. However, concerns grew to include national security issues with the local Air Force base and the ERCOT grid. Working with landowners and engaged citizens, DRC started the "Don't Blow It" campaign not to oppose renewable energy but "don't blow it" with inappropriate siting.

The Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act effectively blocks GH America, a Xinjiang Guanghui Industry

Investment Co. subsidiary, from connecting to the electrical grid. Xinjiang Province, formerly known as East Turkestan, is in far northwestern China and is currently the focus of Western nations because of the ethnic genocide and human rights abuses of Uyghurs by the Chinese government. The wealthiest businessman in Xinjiang is also the largest landowner in Val Verde Co, Mr. Sun Guangxin, who controls the parent company in Xinjiang and a key player in the Chinese Communist Party. There was not a federal or state law preventing investors from adversarial countries from connecting to the Texas electrical grid - until now. The DRC will continue to oppose wind farm development in Val Verde County regardless of the investor as they strive to preserve the sanctity of this wild place for generations to come.