The city group recommended that the agency specify how utilities can seek cost recovery for such facilities, assure that affected parties have sufficient time to review such claimed expenses, and to implement other protections....
As a result of its more conservative operational practices in the wake of Winter Storm Uri in 2021, ERCOT, beginning last summer, has deployed ECRS in what some experts described as excessive amounts. ________________________________________________ A city-initiated...
Ms. Hjaltman has served as Deputy Legislative Director for the Office of the Governor, as a chief of staff in the Texas House of Representatives and as a legislative staffer in the Texas Senate. ________________________________________________ Courtney Hjaltman, who...
The interim hearings illustrated that the electric market remains a crucial subject for Texas policymaking as we approach the next legislative session. ________________________________________________ Electric market changes adopted during the 2023 legislative session...
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...
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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