by TCCFUI | Apr 4, 2018 | Blog, Electricity
Utility-scale energy storage — that is, those big battery arrays that can serve entire neighborhoods — hold great promise both for energy conservation and grid reliability. But the quickly advancing technology also raises tough regulatory challenges, especially for...
by TCCFUI | Mar 2, 2018 | Blog
Predicted record-breaking electricity usage and tightening power reserves could make for a challenging summer for ERCOT, the Texas grid operator. Also known as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the organization released two reports on Thursday — including a...
by TCCFUI | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog, Electricity
It’s called the Operating Demand Reserve Curve — ORDC for short. You can be forgiven if you’ve never heard of it. But the ORDC — which is a component of the state’s wholesale power system — made news this month … and in a way that could impact power costs. The Texas...
by TCCFUI | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog, ERCOT
ERCOT is an island unto itself — that is, unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission takes over. And that at least remote possibility has captured the attention of the state’s top utility regulator. “I’m very, very concerned about it,” said Public Utility...
by TCCFUI | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog, Electricity, Gas, Regulatory Action
Regulatory planners, industry officials and others looking to guard against blackouts must focus more of their attention on the nation’s natural gas delivery systems and its natural gas-fired plants. That’s among the key take-away findings from a new report by the...
