by TCCFUI | Mar 20, 2020 | Blog, Electricity, Gas, Media Reports, Rates and Service, Regulatory Action
Essential staff at the nation’s power plants may find themselves living on site as the COVID-19 crisis worsens, and some plants already have begun stockpiling beds, blankets and food. ________________________________________________ No utility shut-offs during...
by TCCFUI | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT
ERCOT technicians and market participants already have begun taking steps to ensure the grid continues functioning reliably. ____________ Another broken record for electricity use — that’s what the organization that manages the state’s primary power grid...
by TCCFUI | Feb 14, 2020 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT
“Solar is the big story here.” — Bill Magness, ERCOT Chief Operating Officer ________________ Solar power and plenty of it — that’s what’s in store for Texas in the not-too-distant future, according to a top official with the state’s primary power grid. “Solar...
by TCCFUI | Feb 10, 2020 | Blog, Electricity
____________ “This is (going to be) another one of those dramatic cultural changes.” — Tom “Smitty” Smith, Executive Director Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance. ________________ Nothing less than a transportation technology...
by TCCFUI | Jan 3, 2020 | Blog, Gas
Regulators ordered the utility to cut its proposed hike by more than half. R.A. Dyer Back in October, we reviewed a series of Atmos Energy rate increases associated with something called the “Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program,” or “GRIP.” Under the program, gas...
