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 | Oct 13, 2017 | Blog
After several failed bids by unsuccessful suitors, it finally appears that Oncor Electric, the state’s largest transmission and distribution utility, may be close to changing owners. An offer by California-based Sempra Energy to acquire the utility for $9.45 billion...
by TCCFUI | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog
Saying she wants to get the details right for ratepayers, the new Public Utility Commission chair is raising last-minute objections to a multi-million deal between the Oncor and Sharyland utilities. But DeeAnn Walker — who was appointed PUC chair on Sept. 20 and who...
by TCCFUI | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog
The Texas solar industry has just came off its best quarter ever, and experts now predict the market here could become the nation’s second largest within just five years. The solar industry also is making strides nationwide — utility-scale installations grew in 2017...
by TCCFUI | Aug 28, 2017 | Blog
From Hunt to NextEra to Berkshire Hathaway to Elliott Management and now, finally, to Sempra Energy. That’s been the line-up of successive suitors – both potential and real — for Oncor Electric, the Dallas-based electric utility with 10 million Texas customers. The...