by TCCFUI | Aug 8, 2023 | Electricity, ERCOT, Regulatory Action
Real-Time Co-Optimization, which remains under development at ERCOT, should lower electricity costs once operational. ___________________________________________ ERCOT stakeholders and staff have re-initiated work on a wholesale power market redesign they refer to as...
by TCCFUI | Jun 9, 2023 | Blog, Electricity
Jackson is a chemical engineer who has served as a PUC commissioner since August 2022. ________________________________________________ Public Utility Commissioner Kathleen Jackson has been selected to become the agency’s interim chair, following the resignation this...
by TCCFUI | May 8, 2023 | Electricity, Utility News
A write-off of rate base disallowances during the first quarter of 2023 associated with a PUC final order in an Oncor rate case contributed to the $194 million quarter-over-quarter decrease. ________________________________________________ Cncor Electric Delivery...
by TCCFUI | Nov 3, 2022 | Electricity, Legislature
The rules specify how the agency designates certain gas facilities as “critical,” which is particularly important when it comes to the power grid. ________________________________________________ Although initially approved just months ago, rules that allow the Texas...
by TCCFUI | Oct 17, 2022 | Electricity, Legislature
SB 1281 directs the PUC to consider congestion cost savings when approving transmission line construction. ________________________________________________ Senate Bill 1281 — adopted last year by the Texas Legislature — includes various energy-related provisions, but...
by TCCFUI | Jun 1, 2022 | Electricity, Regulatory Action
Mandated by Senate Bill 3 from the most recent legislative session, the new rules create criteria for the content, activation and termination of regional and statewide power outage alerts. ________________________________________________ New rules to alert the public...
