by TCCFUI | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog, ERCOT
Only once before in grid history has the price hit the $9,000 mark. ERCOT recently recorded a dramatic $9,000-per-megawatt hour price in a segment of the wholesale power market — the very highest allowed — and the spike prompted a complaint to Texas...
by TCCFUI | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog, Media Reports
The Dallas Morning News, in a June 19 editorial, urged the PUC to create rules for utility-scale battery storage. Act now. That’s the message from The Dallas Morning News, which in a recent editorial called upon Texas regulators to forge new rules for utility-scale...
by TCCFUI | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog, Legislature
Nothing in the legislation requires cable and phone companies to pass along any savings to consumers. It could cost the City of San Antonio $7.3 million. For Dallas it means $9.3 million. For Houston it could amount to a whopping $24 million. These are the...
by TCCFUI | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog, Legislature, Rates and Service, Regulatory Action
The 2019 Legislative Session adjourned sine die on May 27. The Texas Legislature adjourned sine die on May 27. We have been watching the session closely, especially with an eye toward bills that can affect the affordability of electric and gas service. Here is...
by TCCFUI | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog, Electricity
Potomac Economics, a Virginia-based consulting firm, serves as the Independent Market Monitor for ERCOT. Comparatively low generation reserves may become commonplace in Texas during future years, but that doesn’t mean the state’s electric grid will face big...
by TCCFUI | May 14, 2019 | Blog, Legislature
SB 1941 would make clear that transmission and distribution utilities possess legal authority to deploy utility-scale batteries. For much of the history of the electric delivery system in the United States, a fundamental assumption has been that there is no...
