by TCCFUI | Aug 11, 2021 | News Roundup
Utility Dive: As Senate passes infrastructure bill, Democrats eye opportunity for more energy spending Aug. 11 — Democrats have also teed up a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that will include a clean electricity payment program, a clean energy...
by TCCFUI | Aug 9, 2021 | Blog, Regulatory Action
Previously, three commissioners led the PUC, but after a change in law this year the agency now is set to have five members. ________________________________________________ Jimmy Glotfelty — a former energy company official and former senior advisor to the U.S....
by TCCFUI | Aug 6, 2021 | News Roundup
Reuters: Texas rail commissioner advocates tax credits for natural gas industry Aug. 5 — Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright said in an op-ed the natural gas industry should get tax credits similar to renewable energy, to protect state infrastructure from...
by TCCFUI | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
The new data sets shed new light on ERCOT’s surprising June 14-18 call for energy conservation that it issued statewide. ________________________________________________ Many of the same plants that failed during the Winter Storm Uri freeze in February likewise...
by TCCFUI | Jul 1, 2021 | Blog, Regulatory Action
The amended rule relates to a cap on the price for which generators can offer power into the ERCOT-administered market. ________________________________________________ In response to the financial fallout following Winter Storm Uri, Texas regulators last week...
