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Blog: Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program Adds to Residential Bills

by TCCFUI | Oct 17, 2019 | Blog, Rates and Service

The ACSC reviewed a series of GRIP rate increases in a portion of the Atmos service area. By R.A. Dyer The Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program, or GRIP, allows monopoly gas utilities to increase rates even if the company’s overall expenditures are declining, even...

Blog: A Brief History of Commercial Electricity Rates in Texas

by TCCFUI | Aug 23, 2019 | Rates and Service

Commercial Prices in Texas Commercial customers have fared better than residential customers under Texas electric deregulation. By R.A. Dyer Individual Texas residential consumers buying electricity from competitive power providers historically have paid more than...

Blog: ERCOT Experiences Record Consumption, Prices Reach $9,000 Cap

by TCCFUI | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT

More typically, real-time prices remain below $30 and only on two other occasions in grid history have they reached the $9,000 cap.   Real-time energy prices in ERCOT surged to the $9,000-megawatt-hour cap on Tuesday, the result of triple-digit temperatures...

Blog: Giant Wholesale Price Spike Prompts Complaint Against ERCOT

by TCCFUI | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog, ERCOT

  Only once before in grid history has the price hit the $9,000 mark.   ERCOT recently recorded a dramatic $9,000-per-megawatt hour price in a segment of the wholesale power market — the very highest allowed — and the spike prompted a complaint to Texas...

Blog: Newspaper Says Regulators Should Set Rules for Utility Batteries

by TCCFUI | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog, Media Reports

The Dallas Morning News, in a June 19 editorial, urged the PUC to create rules for utility-scale battery storage. Act now. That’s the message from The Dallas Morning News, which in a recent editorial called upon Texas regulators to forge new rules for utility-scale...
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Why TCCFUI

TCCFUI is comprehensively focused on utility issues for Texas cities! With its volunteer board of city representatives, we work with other state and local organizations to fill unserved city needs.

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