News Round-Up: May 8-14

News Round-Up: May 8-14

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...
Blog:  Oncor Reports Revenue Increase, Record Growth

Blog: Oncor Reports Revenue Increase, Record Growth

The company reports highest organic growth in its history in 2020, and expects growth to continue in 2021. ________________________________________________ Oncor Electric has reported net income during the three months ending March 31 of $168 million — a 28.2 percent...
Blog: ERCOT Expects Record Demand, but Sufficient Capacity

Blog: ERCOT Expects Record Demand, but Sufficient Capacity

The new ERCOT report also identifies low-probability and high-impact situations that could affect grid reliability. ________________________________________________ Projected hot and dry conditions — coupled with continued economic and population growth — likely will...
News Round-Up: May 8-14

News Round-Up: May 1-7

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...
News Round-Up: May 8-14

News Round-Up: April 24-30

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  ...