by TCCFUI | Nov 14, 2018 | Blog, Electricity
The proposal would provide extra revenues for some generators, but potentially increase consumer costs. Last year two Houston electric companies, NRG and Calpine, rolled out a report that proposed dramatic changes to the state’s wholesale power market. We’ve discussed...
by TCCFUI | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog, ERCOT
ERCOT Releases Preliminary Winter Assessment and Preliminary Spring Assessment By R.A. Dyer Thumbs up. That the sign from ERCOT, which reported on Thursday that Texas generators should keep up with electricity demand during the winter and spring of 2019. ERCOT,...
by TCCFUI | Oct 17, 2018 | Blog, Electricity
“Based on these results, we conclude that the current market design will support more than sufficient reserve margins from an economic perspective,” the report states. The ERCOT energy market — like any wholesale energy market — needs a constant supply...
by TCCFUI | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, ERCOT
Texas should have enough power to keep the lights on this fall and winter according to reports issued today by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s primary power grid. The quasi-governmental organization on Thursday released both its final...
by TCCFUI | Aug 29, 2018 | Blog, Rates and Service
One-third of a billion dollars — that’s the value of rate reductions so far approved by Texas electric utility regulators as a consequence of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Adopted last December, the federal tax law reduced corporate liability from 35 percent to 21...
