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 | Jan 31, 2025 | News Roundup
Odessa American: PUCT hosts electric utilities to discuss emergency operations and extreme weather preparedness Jan. 30 — The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) hosted a workshop Thursday for electric industry representatives across the state to discuss...
by R.A. Dyer | Nov 20, 2024 | Legislature
In all, the commission has requested $466,560,272 in biennial funding, with revenues from fees and surcharges covering 34.9 percent of its request and tax-supported General Revenue sources comprising 41.2 percent. ________________________________________________ The...
by R.A. Dyer | Nov 19, 2024 | News Roundup
Odessa American: A West Texas lawmaker wants to redirect millions of tax dollars to plug abandoned wells, curb emissions Nov. 18 — A West Texas lawmaker wants to provide a financial boost to clean up environmental damage caused by a century of oil and gas production...
by R.A. Dyer | Nov 1, 2024 | Electricity, Legislature
The ruling bars regulators from enforcing Senate Bill 1938, a 2019 law that blocked power companies that don’t already own transmission within Texas from building lines inside the state that form part of multi-state electricity grids....