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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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.
