by TCCFUI | Aug 10, 2016 | Blog
Ouch! A multi-billion-dollar bid to purchase Oncor — the state’s largest transmission and distribution utility — has hit a regulatory bump. Key state oversight officials now warn that their ability to protect ratepayers could be undermined by a $275...
by TCCFUI | Aug 4, 2016 | Blog
Proposed rule changes for the state’s power grid — changes that some feared would lead to higher wholesale electric prices around Houston — have been rejected by a key stakeholder panel at ERCOT. Had it received the panel’s endorsement, the proposals would have...
by TCCFUI | Jul 27, 2016 | Blog
Don’t want to get zapped? Then think twice before getting too close to utility equipment in your quest for Pikachu. That’s the message from electric utility operators after the berserk release this month of “Pokemon Go,” the new online app that has millions of...
by TCCFUI | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog
The Texas Railroad Commission would surrender its authority over gas utility rate cases to the Public Utility Commission under new recommendations to state lawmakers. The Railroad Commission also would undergo a name change and end its controversial use of internal...
by TCCFUI | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog
Managing distributed generation — that is, power produced at the level of individual customers from such sources as diesel generators and solar panels — raises all sorts of complex issues for ERCOT, the state’s primary electric grid operator. How should distributed...
