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PUC adopts new Power Outage Alert Rules in Response to New Legislation

PUC adopts new Power Outage Alert Rules in Response to New Legislation

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...
Blog: Vistra Acquires Retail Electric Providers, Further Consolidating Market

Blog: Vistra Acquires Retail Electric Providers, Further Consolidating Market

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...
BLOG: East Texas Utility Scrambles to Restore Power After Hurricane

BLOG: East Texas Utility Scrambles to Restore Power After Hurricane

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...
BLOG: Distribution System Charges to Increase Electric Rates

BLOG: Distribution System Charges to Increase Electric Rates

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...

Blog: Nearly Two Decades Later, Texans Still Paying Deregulation Charges

by OCSC | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers

Cumulatively, the charges have totaled more than $6.6 billion. Utility customers — be they home users or businesses — have had them included in their transmission and distribution rates for years. ________________________________________________ Hundreds of thousands...

BLOG: Citing Ratepayer Risk, Texas Regulators Reject Wind Proposal

by OCSC | Jul 8, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers, Generation, Utility News

The proposed wind generators are to be in Oklahoma, but can supply adjoining states. ________________________________________________ A proposal to add 810 megawatts of wind energy that would serve customers in East Texas along with customers in other states has...
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