by OCSC | Apr 16, 2021 | Blog, News Roundup
San Antonio Express News: Faith groups urge Texas lawmakers to shield consumers from winter storm fallout April 12 — The Network of Texas Industrial Areas Foundation Organizations, a coalition of interfaith service groups, joined The Metropolitan Organization of...
by OCSC | Apr 10, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
New ERCOT data brings additional clarity to causes of February electric outages. ________________________________________________ Fuel problems caused more than 10 percent of the electric generation failures during the worst hours of last February’s power outages,...
by OCSC | Mar 27, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
Berkshire Hathaway pitches a plan for regulated generation inside ERCOT. ________________________________________________ Berkshire Hathaway Energy – billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s company — has pitched Texas lawmakers on a plan to build 10 new natural...
by OCSC | Mar 22, 2021 | Blog, Texas Legislature
Question of Correcting Wholesale Electricity Prices Divides Texas House and Senate. ________________________________________________ The February 15–19 ice storm that left more than 4 million Texans without power continues to roil the political waters in Austin....
by OCSC | Feb 23, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Utility News
The PUC has issued four executive orders so far, and more may be on the way ________________________________________________ In response to last week’s massive blackouts, the Texas Public Utility Commission has issued a number of executive orders including a ban on...
by OCSC | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog, Texas Legislature
USA Today: ‘An electrical island’: Texas has dodged federal regulation for years by having its own power grid Feb. 17 — The grid has been thrust into the national spotlight as extreme energy demand and overloaded frozen utility plants contributed to...
