by ACSC | Apr 6, 2021 | News Round-Up
KTRK: TX Senate passes bill to overhaul state’s electricity market after winter storm March 31 — The Texas Senate on Monday unanimously approved a sweeping bill that would overhaul the state’s electricity industry and infrastructure, including...
by ACSC | Mar 24, 2021 | News Round-Up
Houston Chronicle (Commentary): Texas lawmakers slow-walking desperately needed electric grid reforms March 24 –Texas politicians are moving very slowly to address the market failures that left 4 million homes without power on the coldest nights of the year and...
by ACSC | Mar 22, 2021 | Blog, Texas Legislature
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....
by ACSC | Mar 17, 2021 | News Round-Up
Texas Tribune: Texas’ last Public Utility Commission member resigns at Gov. Greg Abbott’s request March 16 — Arthur D’Andrea was the only remaining member of the three-seat commission that regulates the state’s electric,...
by ACSC | Feb 16, 2021 | Blog, Texas Legislature
Texas was roiled by similar rolling outages almost 10 years ago exactly. Then, as now, a punishing cold snap caused electricity use to spike even as several plants went off line. ________________________________________________ What happened and why? This week’s...
