by TCCFUI | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT
The new appointees — Paul Foster and Carlos Aguilar — are the first two directors named by the newly empaneled ERCOT Board Selection Committee, which was created in accordance with Senate Bill 2. ________________________________________________ The former Board of...
by TCCFUI | Oct 17, 2021 | News Roundup
Utility Dive: These 7 efficiency policies could help Texas avoid $8B in new gas plants, ACEEE says Oct. 14 — A set of seven residential energy efficiency and demand response programs deployed “aggressively” to Texas electric customers over five years...
by TCCFUI | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog, Electricity, Regulatory Action
FERC and NERC staff developed the joint report and its related recommendations in response to last February’s winter emergency. ________________________________________________ Electric generation owners should design new units or retrofit existing ones to meet...
by TCCFUI | Sep 30, 2021 | Blog, Regulatory Action
Lawmakers criticize proposed regulations that would allow natural gas suppliers to avoid critical unit designation. ________________________________________________ Proposed Texas Railroad Commission regulations that would allow natural gas suppliers to opt-out of...
by TCCFUI | Sep 29, 2021 | News Roundup
Texas Tribune: Texas senators blast regulator for power grid winterization loophole lawmakers wrote into law Sept. 28 — The law says the state’s natural gas system won’t be required to prepare for extreme weather until 2022 at the earliest and allows...
