by R.A. Dyer | Feb 17, 2025 | News Roundup
KXAN: Texas electric utilities now required to maintain online power outage trackers Feb. 14 —Electricity providers in Texas that service retail customers are now required to maintain online power outage trackers that provide information in English and Spanish. — Find...
by R.A. Dyer | Jan 31, 2025 | News Roundup
Odessa American: PUCT hosts electric utilities to discuss emergency operations and extreme weather preparedness Jan. 30 — The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) hosted a workshop Thursday for electric industry representatives across the state to discuss...
by R.A. Dyer | Jan 3, 2025 | Texas Legislature
The lieutenant governor, as part of his “interim charges” given to Senate committees between legislative sessions, had called upon the Business and Commerce Committee to consider nine discrete issues — including six directly relating to the Texas Energy market....
by R.A. Dyer | Nov 15, 2024 | News Roundup
Utility Dive: Oncor System Resiliency Plan Approved by PUCT Nov. 14 — Today, Oncor’s first System Resiliency Plan (SRP) was approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). This approval paves the way for accelerated grid upgrades and enhancements to help...
by R.A. Dyer | Oct 30, 2024 | Texas Legislature
The ruling bars regulators from enforcing Senate Bill 1938, a 2019 law that blocked power companies that don’t already own transmission within Texas from building lines inside the state that form part of multi-state electricity grids....
