by OCSC | Nov 9, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
The agency’s intense focus on market redesign and related issues comes in response to last February’s statewide energy crisis that left 4 million Texans without power. ________________________________________________ Reforming the Texas power market remains a top...
by OCSC | Nov 2, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
The ERCOT Selection Committee also designated former Congressman Bill Flores to serve as Vice Chair of the ERCOT board. ________________________________________________ Three additional directors — including a former congressman — have been named to the board of the...
by OCSC | Oct 22, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
The PUC has adopted rules for winter weather preparation rules and set quick deadlines for implementation. ________________________________________________ Texas regulators this week adopted weather preparation rules and standards for electric generators and...
by OCSC | Oct 20, 2021 | Blog, Texas Legislature
The State Energy Plan Advisory Committee was created as part of Senate Bill 3, which state lawmakers adopted in response to February’s power crisis. ________________________________________________ Gov. Greg Abbott this week has announced four appointments to a new...
by OCSC | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
The new appointees — Paul Foster and Carlos Aguilar — are the first two directors named by the newly empaneled ERCOT Board Selection Committee, which was created in accordance with Senate Bill 2. ________________________________________________ The former Board of...
by OCSC | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog, Generation, Rates
The reduction, if approved by the PUC, should lead to lower wholesale power costs during extreme energy scarcity events, such as last February’s Winter Storm Uri emergency that left 4 million Texans without power ________________________________________________ In...
