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CenterPoint Reports Quarterly Financial Results, Details System Resiliency Spending

CenterPoint Reports Quarterly Financial Results, Details System Resiliency Spending

by TCCFUI | May 1, 2024 | Utility News

CenterPoint will spend $1.7 billion to $2.1 billion on electric system hardening, including replacing and upgrading substations and converting older 69-kilovolt transmission lines to more robust 138-KV lines. ________________________________________________...
New ERCOT Independent Market Monitor Jeff McDonald Named to Replace Carrie Bivens

New ERCOT Independent Market Monitor Jeff McDonald Named to Replace Carrie Bivens

by TCCFUI | Mar 14, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT

McDonald replaces Carrie Bivens, who announced her resignation as ERCOT’s Independent Market Monitor in November. ________________________________________________ Jeff McDonald, a veteran of both the New England and California power grids, has been named ERCOT’s new...
New ERCOT Independent Market Monitor Jeff McDonald Named to Replace Carrie Bivens

ERCOT Bylaw Changes that Undermine Stakeholder Authority Upheld in District Court

by TCCFUI | Mar 14, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT, Gas, Utility News

ERCOT historically had operated the power grid under bylaws that assign certain governance responsibilities to its board and others its stakeholder membership. ________________________________________________ ERCOT bylaw changes that potentially undermine the...
New ERCOT Independent Market Monitor Jeff McDonald Named to Replace Carrie Bivens

ERCOT Pilot Project Shows Promise for Distributed Energy Aggregation

by TCCFUI | Mar 7, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, Gas, Utility News

ADERs are comprised are small generation resources that respond in aggregate to ERCOT demand response instructions. ________________________________________________ A pilot project to test the feasibility of aggregating distributed energy resources — that is,...
CenterPoint Reports Quarterly Financial Results, Details System Resiliency Spending

CenterPoint Confirms March Rate Case; Reports Spending Plans and Quarterly Revenues

by TCCFUI | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog, Electricity, Gas, Utility News

CenterPoint Energy has confirmed it will file a general rate case of behalf of its Houston electric utility on March 9. ________________________________________________ CenterPoint Energy has confirmed it will file a general rate case of behalf of its Houston electric...
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Why TCCFUI

TCCFUI is comprehensively focused on utility issues for Texas cities! With its volunteer board of city representatives, we work with other state and local organizations to fill unserved city needs.

Recent Blog Posts

  • CenterPoint’s Claim to Make Customers “Whole” for Generation Costs Questioned
  • ERCOT Forecasts Significant Demand Increases, But Less than Previous Predictions
  • News Round-Up: March 2025
  • News Round-Up: February 2025
  • More Workers Needed to Bolster Broadband, Water Sectors According to Report

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