by ACSC | Dec 29, 2020 | News Round-Up
San Antonio Business Journal: Houston drillers target Austin Chalk for oil, gas Dec. 29 — Interest in Washington County’s Austin Chalk formation has ticked up ever so slightly over the past year. — READ MORE Houston Chronicle (Commentary):...
by ACSC | Nov 20, 2017 | Blog
Regulatory planners, industry officials and others looking to guard against blackouts must focus more of their attention on the nation’s natural gas delivery systems and its natural gas-fired plants. That’s among the key take-away findings from a new report by the...
by ACSC | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog
$105 million — that’s how much Barclays Bank and several former energy traders will pay after being accused by federal regulators of improperly manipulating electric prices in California during 2006 and 2008. Although less than the $487.9 million originally sought,...
by ACSC | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog
FROM THE ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS 5 p.m., Aug. 28, 2017 The ERCOT grid continues to be in stable condition following Hurricane Harvey. However, several transmission lines remain out of service, especially near Corpus Christi and Victoria where Hurricane...
by ACSC | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog
Increasingly hot summers and the needs of a growing state help explain heightened demands on the state principal power grid. On June 23 — a hot day even by Texas standards — electrical consumption on the state’s main power grid spiked in quick succession to...
