Lawmakers have filed more than 4,500 bills during the ongoing 88th Texas Legislature, including several dozen relating to energy and utility issues. ________________________________________________ State lawmakers have filed more than 4,500 bills during the ongoing...
Lawmakers have filed more than 2,600 bills during the ongoing 88th Texas Legislature, including several dozen relating to energy and utility issues. ________________________________________________ State lawmakers have filed more than 2,600 bills during the ongoing...
The lack of critical facility designations during Winter Storm Uri represented one of the largest underlying failures of both the electric and gas industries during the event, according to the coalitions. ________________________________________________ Although...
The proposed rules would enact various provisions of House Bill 3648 and Senate Bill 3 — two bills adopted by the Texas Legislature this year in response to February’s statewide power outages. ________________________________________________ Draft rules specifying how...
Securitization is a low-cost financing method whereby utilities receive immediate payments for incurred expenses, while customers pay back the securitized amounts over an extended period through a surcharge on bills. ________________________________________________ On...
Question of Correcting Wholesale Electricity Prices Divides Texas House and Senate. ________________________________________________ The February 15–19 ice storm that left more than 4 million Texans without power continues to roil the political waters in Austin....
One of the most important municipal coalitions currently active in gas ratemaking is the Atmos Cities Steering Committee, an organization of over 150 cities in north and central Texas with nearly 1.2 million residential customers.