by R.A. Dyer | Jun 18, 2025 | News Roundup
Utility Dive: ‘Shoulder season’ reliability a growing concern in ERCOT, other ISOs: Aurora Energy Research Jube 17 — Batteries, gas peaker plants and data centers will provide critical system flexibility by 2030 as load growth, aging infrastructure and weather...
by R.A. Dyer | May 27, 2025 | News Roundup
Texas Standard: After outages last year, CenterPoint promises a better tracker May 26 —Hurricane season starts June 1, and CenterPoint Energy says it’s ready with a new and improved outage tracker. But after failures during Hurricane Beryl and last year’s derecho, is...
by R.A. Dyer | Mar 26, 2025 | News Roundup
Texas Tribune: West Texas lawmakers push bills to divert some oil and gas taxes to help oil-producing counties with roads, other needs March 25 — Reps. Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf want to divert 10% of taxes collected on oil and gas production to help...
by R.A. Dyer | Feb 17, 2025 | News Roundup
KXAN: Texas electric utilities now required to maintain online power outage trackers Feb. 14 —Electricity providers in Texas that service retail customers are now required to maintain online power outage trackers that provide information in English and Spanish. — Find...
by R.A. Dyer | Feb 12, 2025 | Telecom
The Texas Water Foundation and Texas Rural Funders called upon state and local policymakers, educators, and workforce partners to work together to create pathways into the broadband and water workforce. ________________________________________________ The...