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CenterPoint Revenues Decline with Hurricane Beryl Outages, Vegetation Management

CenterPoint Revenues Decline with Hurricane Beryl Outages, Vegetation Management

by R.A. Dyer | Oct 30, 2024 | Electricity, ERCOT

Officials blamed in part reduced usage because of outages from Hurricane Beryl for the revenue decline. ________________________________________________ CenterPoint Energy, the Houston-based electric and gas utility, reported $198 million in consolidated income for...
PUC Adopts Reliability Standard for ERCOT, Orders Increase to Value of Lost Load

PUC Adopts Reliability Standard for ERCOT, Orders Increase to Value of Lost Load

by R.A. Dyer | Sep 4, 2024 | Electricity, ERCOT

Approved Aug, 29 by commissioners, the new standard is intended to give the agency better visibility going forward on the ERCOT system’s reliability needs and could open the door to future reforms. ________________________________________________ As per a legislative...
Seventeen Electric Generators Selected to Receive Billions of Dollars in State-Subsidized Loans

Seventeen Electric Generators Selected to Receive Billions of Dollars in State-Subsidized Loans

by R.A. Dyer | Sep 4, 2024 | Electricity, ERCOT

The projects were selected from among 72 applications for the PUC to consider under the state’s low-interest “In-ERCOT Loan Program,” which is part of the Texas Energy Fund established after Winter Storm Uri in 2023. ________________________________________________...
PUC Considering Permian Basin Reliability Plan with Cost Estimates Exceeding $10 billion

PUC Considering Permian Basin Reliability Plan with Cost Estimates Exceeding $10 billion

by R.A. Dyer | Aug 14, 2024 | Electricity, ERCOT

Interested parties now have submitted 19 sets of responses to staff questions about the proposed Reliability Plan for the Permian Basin, which could be adopted by the PUC in September. ________________________________________________ On July 25, 2004, ERCOT filed with...
Texas Supreme Court Sides with PUC over its Winter Storm Uri Power Pricing Decisions

Texas Supreme Court Sides with PUC over its Winter Storm Uri Power Pricing Decisions

by TCCFUI | Jun 21, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT

Texas regulators were within their rights to lock the price of electricity at its maximum level during Winter Storm Uri in 2021, according to twin rulings this month by the state’s Supreme Court. ________________________________________________ Texas regulators were...
Seventeen Electric Generators Selected to Receive Billions of Dollars in State-Subsidized Loans

A New ERCOT Analytical Method Predicts Possible Generation Shortfall by End of Decade

by TCCFUI | Jun 5, 2024 | Blog, Electricity

The new report found that Texas should enjoy robust summer reserve margins under the traditional methodology, but those margins fall dramatically using a new methodology. ________________________________________________ A new ERCOT analysis has raised fresh concerns...
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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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