by R.A. Dyer | Nov 3, 2025 | Electricity
Competitive Power Ventures Basin Ranch will build the plant, which is expected to begin generating power for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas power region in 2029. ________________________________________________ Another subsidized loan agreement under the...
by R.A. Dyer | Oct 13, 2025 | Electricity
The restoration costs will add about $2 per month to the average customer’s electricity bill, with the rate change expected to take effect later this year or early next year. ________________________________________________ An approximately $1.2 billion CenterPoint...
by R.A. Dyer | Aug 6, 2025 | Electricity
The plant, under construction by NRG Energy, is currently slated to begin operating next summer, according to the governor’s office. ________________________________________________ A 456-megawatt natural gas power plant in Houston has received the go-ahead for loan...
by R.A. Dyer | Jul 1, 2025 | Electricity
Under terms of the funding agreement, the developers of a 122-megawatt natural gas-fired facility in Colorado County west of Houston will have access to a 20-year loan of up to $105 million. ________________________________________________ The Public Utility...
by R.A. Dyer | Apr 24, 2025 | Electricity, Legislature
CenterPoint Vice President Jason Ryan has outlined a plan under which its customers would be made whole for previous charges relating to the utility’s leases of mobile generation units that went unused during hurricane recovery efforts....
by R.A. Dyer | Nov 1, 2024 | Electricity, Legislature
The ruling bars regulators from enforcing Senate Bill 1938, a 2019 law that blocked power companies that don’t already own transmission within Texas from building lines inside the state that form part of multi-state electricity grids....