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 | Apr 25, 2023 | Legislature
SB 2012 would place limits on the potentially expensive Performance Credit Mechanism, authorized by the PUC. ________________________________________________ The 88th Texas Legislature inches toward its end, and one of the last major ERCOT reform bills left standing...
by TCCFUI | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog, Legislature
Lawmakers have filed more than 4,500 bills during the ongoing 88th Texas Legislature, including several dozen relating to energy and utility issues. ________________________________________________ State lawmakers have filed more than 4,500 bills during the ongoing...
by TCCFUI | Feb 3, 2023 | Blog, Legislature
Lawmakers have filed more than 2,600 bills during the ongoing 88th Texas Legislature, including several dozen relating to energy and utility issues. ________________________________________________ State lawmakers have filed more than 2,600 bills during the ongoing...
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...
