by ACSC | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog, Safety
The Dallas gas utility linked to several area explosions will replace nearly twice the number of potentially vulnerable steel service lines this year than it originally projected, according to company figures provided to regulators. In a supplemental plan filed this...
by ACSC | May 25, 2018 | Blog, Reports
The Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program, or GRIP, allows monopoly gas utilities to increase rates even if the company’s overall expenditures are declining, even if its revenues are increasing or even if the company is earning windfall profits. Under GRIP rules, a...
by ACSC | Apr 20, 2018 | Blog, Regulatory Action
Reform — that was the message delivered this week to Texas lawmakers considering the future of the much maligned Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program. Known also as “GRIP,” the program allows Texas gas utilities to increase rates once a year, but without any...
by ACSC | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog
Responding to requests from regulators, Texas electric and gas utilities have begun filing paperwork showing how they’ll pass along savings from millions of dollars in new tax cuts. The Texas Public Utility Commission and the Texas Railroad Commission both called for...
by ACSC | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog
Oncor, the state’s largest transmission and distribution utility, is now just a hair’s breadth away from having new owners. On Monday a federal Bankruptcy Court in Delaware delivered its final OK to a multi-billion-dollar offer from California-based Sempra. It’s now...
by ACSC | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog
Gas and electric ratepayers in Texas could see their utility bills go down — or at least not increase as much as they might have otherwise — as a result of tax legislation recently adopted by the U.S. Congress. Leaders at both the Texas Public Utility Commission and...
