by ACSC | May 13, 2021 | News Round-Up
KXAN: Proposed power outage alert system aims to improve communication in future winter storms May 10 — Texas lawmakers have spent hours discussing legislation aimed at addressing the failures of the state’s power grid, infrastructure and lack of reliable...
by ACSC | May 3, 2021 | News Round-Up
WFAA Here’s how much winterizing the Texas power grid could impact your power bill May 2 — The cost to construct a one-gigawatt power plant is roughly $1 billion. So, winterizing it would cost about $10 million, he said. — READ MORE El Paso Times: El Paso...
by ACSC | Apr 30, 2021 | News Round-Up
Fox 4: Oncor requests nearly $100 million in rate hikes April 27 — “Cities are looking after residential and commercial rate payers. It is the cities who protect rate payers to greatest degree,” said Don Knight, Dallas city attorney. — READ MORE ...
by ACSC | Aug 25, 2020 | Blog, Gas Consumers
Three utilities collect more than $100 million in annual GRIP charges since 2019. The Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program, or GRIP, allows monopoly gas utilities to increase rates even if the company’s overall expenditures are declining, even if its revenues...
by ACSC | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog, Regulatory Action
Atmos Energy filed a new RRM request to increase annual rates by $16.8 million system-wide in its West Texas service territory, and about $7.1 million of that request would be applicable to ACSC member cities. ________________________________________________ Early in...
