by TCCFUI | May 2, 2024 | Electricity, Legislature
The new rules establish the “Texas Energy Fund Completion Bonus Grant Program” and create guidelines for generation developers seeking grants to construct new dispatchable power facilities or to expand existing ones. ________________________________________________...
by TCCFUI | Mar 14, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT
McDonald replaces Carrie Bivens, who announced her resignation as ERCOT’s Independent Market Monitor in November. ________________________________________________ Jeff McDonald, a veteran of both the New England and California power grids, has been named ERCOT’s new...
by TCCFUI | Mar 14, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT, Gas, Utility News
ERCOT historically had operated the power grid under bylaws that assign certain governance responsibilities to its board and others its stakeholder membership. ________________________________________________ ERCOT bylaw changes that potentially undermine the...
by TCCFUI | Mar 7, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, Gas, Utility News
ADERs are comprised are small generation resources that respond in aggregate to ERCOT demand response instructions. ________________________________________________ A pilot project to test the feasibility of aggregating distributed energy resources — that is,...
by TCCFUI | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, Gas, Utility News
CenterPoint Energy has confirmed it will file a general rate case of behalf of its Houston electric utility on March 9. ________________________________________________ CenterPoint Energy has confirmed it will file a general rate case of behalf of its Houston electric...
by TCCFUI | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT
University of Texas mechanical engineering professor Michael Webber, who assisted in the bill’s drafting, has said that creating new interconnections would allow Texas to export clean energy to urban centers on both coasts....
