by ACSC | Nov 4, 2021 | News Round-Up
Texas Tribune: As world leaders seek to rein in methane, Texas’ oil and gas industry pressured to cut emissions Nov. 2 — A proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule could require oil and gas producers to monitor and reduce emissions of methane in the...
by ACSC | Oct 28, 2021 | News Round-Up
Spectrum News: Is Texas missing an opportunity by skipping the Glasgow climate change summit? Oct. 27 — In Texas, Abbott seemed to see things differently, although many argue that the Lone Star State, like Louisiana, is uniquely positioned to take advantage of...
by ACSC | Oct 22, 2021 | News Round-Up
NBC DFW: Texas PUC Requires Power Plants Fix Issues Related to Winter Outages Oct. 21 — The Texas Public Utility Commission approved new mandatory rules Thursday requiring power plants to fix problems that caused outages last winter. — Watch the Report....
by ACSC | Oct 17, 2021 | News Round-Up
Utility Dive: These 7 efficiency policies could help Texas avoid $8B in new gas plants, ACEEE says Oct. 14 — A set of seven residential energy efficiency and demand response programs deployed “aggressively” to Texas electric customers over five years...
by ACSC | Sep 29, 2021 | News Round-Up
Texas Tribune: Texas senators blast regulator for power grid winterization loophole lawmakers wrote into law Sept. 28 — The law says the state’s natural gas system won’t be required to prepare for extreme weather until 2022 at the earliest and allows...
by ACSC | Sep 22, 2021 | News Round-Up
Abilene Reporter-News: Many changes proposed in electric grid in Texas Sept. 18 — The Texas Legislature began holding hearings calling in leaders of the three regulatory agencies to testify. Laws were passed, and the regulatory agencies are proposing new...