New ERCOT data brings additional clarity to causes of February electric outages. ________________________________________________ Fuel problems caused more than 10 percent of the electric generation failures during the worst hours of last February’s power outages,...
KTRK: TX Senate passes bill to overhaul state’s electricity market after winter storm March 31 — The Texas Senate on Monday unanimously approved a sweeping bill that would overhaul the state’s electricity industry and infrastructure, including...
Berkshire Hathaway pitches a plan for regulated generation inside ERCOT. ________________________________________________ Berkshire Hathaway Energy – billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s company — has pitched Texas lawmakers on a plan to build 10 new natural...
Houston Chronicle (Commentary): Texas lawmakers slow-walking desperately needed electric grid reforms March 24 –Texas politicians are moving very slowly to address the market failures that left 4 million homes without power on the coldest nights of the year and...
Question of Correcting Wholesale Electricity Prices Divides Texas House and Senate. ________________________________________________ The February 15–19 ice storm that left more than 4 million Texans without power continues to roil the political waters in Austin....
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