News Round-Up: April 10-16

News Round-Up: April 10-16

San Antonio Express News: Faith groups urge Texas lawmakers to shield consumers from winter storm fallout April 12 — The Network of Texas Industrial Areas Foundation Organizations, a coalition of interfaith service groups, joined The Metropolitan Organization of...
News Round-Up: April 10-16

News Round-Up: April 2-9

KTRK: TX Senate passes bill to overhaul state’s electricity market after winter storm March 31 — The Texas Senate on Monday unanimously approved a sweeping bill that would overhaul the state’s electricity industry and infrastructure, including...
News Round-Up: April 10-16

News Round-Up: March 20-27

Houston Chronicle (Commentary): Texas lawmakers slow-walking desperately needed electric grid reforms March 24 –Texas politicians are moving very slowly to address the market failures that left 4 million homes without power on the coldest nights of the year and...
News Round-Up: April 10-16

News Round-Up: March 13-19

Texas Tribune: Texas’ last Public Utility Commission member resigns at Gov. Greg Abbott’s request March 16 — Arthur D’Andrea was the only remaining member of the three-seat commission that regulates the state’s electric,...
News Round-Up: April 10-16

News Round-Up March 5-12

Bloomberg: Tesla is quietly plugging a mega-battery into the Texas power grid March 9 — Elon Musk is getting into the Texas power market, with previously unrevealed construction of a gigantic battery connected to an ailing electric grid that nearly collapsed...
News Round-Up: April 10-16

News Round-Up Feb. 15-21

USA Today: ‘An electrical island’: Texas has dodged federal regulation for years by having its own power grid Feb. 17 — The grid has been thrust into the national spotlight as extreme energy demand and overloaded frozen utility plants contributed to...