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....
The state’s top two elected officials warned that the state’s peak power needs could reach 150,000 megawatts by 2030. By comparison, generators currently can handle less than 85,000 MW of peak demand today, they said. ________________________________________________...
Texas regulators were within their rights to lock the price of electricity at its maximum level during Winter Storm Uri in 2021, according to twin rulings this month by the state’s Supreme Court. ________________________________________________ Texas regulators were...
The new rules establish the “Texas Energy Fund Completion Bonus Grant Program” and create guidelines for generation developers seeking grants to construct new dispatchable power facilities or to expand existing ones. ________________________________________________...
Deloitte will build and administer the systems that support the TEF’s loan and grant programs and backup power packages, according to the PUC. ________________________________________________ A global consulting firm has begun developing the state’s new $10 billion...
During a January 30 hearing, the state’s highest court heard oral arguments from lawyers for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Calpine Corp., and Luminant. The implications of the lawsuit are immense. ________________________________________________ A lawsuit...