by ACSC | Feb 16, 2022 | News Round-Up
Texas Tribune: A year after the electric grid failed, Texas focuses on reliability, not climate change Feb. 15 — Transitioning sources of electricity to cleaner fuels is one of the best tools humanity has to fight climate change — which brings severe weather that...
by ACSC | Feb 2, 2022 | News Round-Up
Austin American-Statesman: Dips in natural gas production could be a concern for Texas power grid, ERCOT chief says Jan. 28 — The top executive of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said he’s concerned that declines in natural gas production when temperatures...
by ACSC | Jan 25, 2022 | Blog, Regulatory Action
Had Energy Transfer followed through, about a third of the plants owned by the state’s largest power generator, Luminant, could have suspended operations. ________________________________________________ Energy Transfer — a major natural gas pipeline company with...
by ACSC | Jan 20, 2022 | News Round-Up
Texas Monthly: Electric Grid Failure Was a Warm-up February 1 — The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the state’s oil and gas industry—or at least it’s supposed to. In practice, it seldom does. Its three commissioners are elected, and their campaign coffers are...
by ACSC | Jan 13, 2022 | Blog, Regulatory Action
Although generally supportive of the proposed changes, ACSC called for further clarity regarding “interruptible contracts” and other consumer protections. ________________________________________________ Human needs customers such as hospitals, schools and emergency...
