by TCCFUI | May 24, 2021 | News Roundup
E&E NEWS: Documents reveal natural gas chaos in Texas blackouts May 20 — While numerous wind facilities had issues in Texas, gas-powered generation had the most megawatts of generating capacity offline of any resource during the February power crisis,...
by TCCFUI | May 13, 2021 | News Roundup
KXAN: Proposed power outage alert system aims to improve communication in future winter storms May 10 — Texas lawmakers have spent hours discussing legislation aimed at addressing the failures of the state’s power grid, infrastructure and lack of reliable...
by TCCFUI | May 3, 2021 | News Roundup
WFAA Here’s how much winterizing the Texas power grid could impact your power bill May 2 — The cost to construct a one-gigawatt power plant is roughly $1 billion. So, winterizing it would cost about $10 million, he said. — READ MORE El Paso Times: El Paso...
by TCCFUI | Apr 30, 2021 | News Roundup
Fox 4: Oncor requests nearly $100 million in rate hikes April 27 — “Cities are looking after residential and commercial rate payers. It is the cities who protect rate payers to greatest degree,” said Don Knight, Dallas city attorney. — READ MORE ...
by TCCFUI | Apr 22, 2021 | News Roundup
Texas Tribune: Texas House targets power grid flaw that cut electricity to natural gas facilities and worsened February blackouts April 19 — The Texas House on Monday gave initial approval to a series of bills aimed at preventing another massive power failure,...