by R.A. Dyer | Feb 7, 2025 | News Roundup
Houston Chronicle: Texas needs up to $33 billion in new, improved power lines. Who should foot the bill? Feb. 6 — ERCOT says Texas needs $30 billion-plus in transmission investments. — Keep Reading (Pay Wall) Utility Dive: CenterPoint proposes $5.75B system resiliency...
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 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....
by R.A. Dyer | Oct 30, 2024 | Electricity, ERCOT
Officials blamed in part reduced usage because of outages from Hurricane Beryl for the revenue decline. ________________________________________________ CenterPoint Energy, the Houston-based electric and gas utility, reported $198 million in consolidated income for...
