by TCCFUI | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, ERCOT
Texas should have enough power to keep the lights on this fall and winter according to reports issued today by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s primary power grid. The quasi-governmental organization on Thursday released both its final...
by TCCFUI | Aug 31, 2018 | Blog, Regulatory Action
AEP Texas wants to increase electric rates by $415 million — money the utility says it needs to cover the costs for repairing electric lines, poles and transmission facilities around the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey. The south Texas utility made the request in...
by TCCFUI | Aug 29, 2018 | Blog, Rates and Service
One-third of a billion dollars — that’s the value of rate reductions so far approved by Texas electric utility regulators as a consequence of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Adopted last December, the federal tax law reduced corporate liability from 35 percent to 21...
by TCCFUI | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog
The state’s electricity shopping website has been in the news lately, and not for the right reasons. Consumers, consumer groups and media watchdogs have called foul after electric retailers began using the site to promote misleading offers. The three-member Texas...
by TCCFUI | Aug 16, 2018 | Blog, Gas, Media Reports
More than 3,000 — that’s the number of leaks the Atmos Mid-Tex utility has discovered on its Dallas-area gas-line system during the first half of 2018. And nearly half the leaks are hazardous. These were among the dramatic findings included in a recent investigative...
