by R.A. Dyer | Jul 23, 2024 | Electric Consumers, Generation
The city group recommended that the agency specify how utilities can seek cost recovery for such facilities, assure that affected parties have sufficient time to review such claimed expenses, and to implement other protections....
by OCSC | Jul 21, 2023 | Electric Consumers
The PUC’s Customer Protection Division assisted 2,819 customers during the year’s third fiscal quarter. ________________________________________________ The Public Utility Commission of Texas secured refunds and bill credits of $181,717.26 for Texas...
by OCSC | Jun 1, 2022 | Electric Consumers, Texas Legislature
Mandated by Senate Bill 3 from the most recent legislative session, the new rules create criteria for the content, activation and termination of regional and statewide power outage alerts. ________________________________________________ New rules to alert the public...
by OCSC | Nov 5, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers, Utility News
Vistra’s acquisition continues a trend in which the state’s largest retail electric providers have acquired smaller ones. _______________________________________________ Marking a further consolidation of the Texas retail electric market, Vistra, the parent...
by OCSC | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers, Generation, Utility News
Hurricane Laura caused extensive damage in East Texas. ________________________________________________ Although it made landfall outside the state, Hurricane Laura knocked out power for hundreds of thousand customers within Texas and wreaked havoc on the local...
by OCSC | Aug 27, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers, Rates
Several major utilities filed applications at the PUC to adjust charges associated with their electric distribution systems. ________________________________________________ Ratepayers in many parts of Texas should expect to pay a bit more for electricity, beginning...
