by R.A. Dyer | Dec 2, 2025 | ERCOT
The Texas Energy Fund is a $10 billion subsidy program created by the Texas Legislature to help finance the development of dispatchable generation. ________________________________________________ Another subsidized loan agreement under the Texas Energy Fund — the...
by R.A. Dyer | Dec 2, 2025 | Gas
Through System Safety and Integrity riders, or SSI riders, Atmos recovers from customers certain system safety costs that it incurs each year to maintain its pipeline system. ________________________________________________ The pipelines division of Atmos Energy, the...
by R.A. Dyer | Dec 1, 2025 | Gas
While touted by the acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock in a Nov. 20 release as a “landmark achievement,” the award has disappointed many rural providers and community leaders, according to published reports. ________________________________________________ The...
by R.A. Dyer | Nov 21, 2025 | Gas
Newly adopted House Bill 4384 allows gas utilities to classify certain capital and tax expenditures as “regulatory assets” in rate proceedings. Under the law, utilities can then quickly begin charging their customers for these assets....
by R.A. Dyer | Nov 18, 2025 | Rates and Service
Energy utilities typically are authorized to receive a regulated rate of return on its capital spending. That means the more it spends, the more it can make in revenues. ________________________________________________ During a recent earnings call with investment...
