by OCSC | Oct 13, 2021 | Blog, Texas Legislature, Utility News
The lack of critical facility designations during Winter Storm Uri represented one of the largest underlying failures of both the electric and gas industries during the event, according to the coalitions. ________________________________________________ Although...
by OCSC | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
FERC and NERC staff developed the joint report and its related recommendations in response to last February’s winter emergency. ________________________________________________ Electric generation owners should design new units or retrofit existing ones to meet...
by OCSC | Sep 17, 2021 | Blog, Oncor
The annual PUC report tracks reliability and reliability-related spending by the state’s investor-owned electric utilities with distribution service. ________________________________________________ Oncor Electric, the state’s largest electric transmission and...
by OCSC | Sep 7, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
A new ERCOT report shows fall operating reserves of 27,771 megawatts under normal weather conditions. ________________________________________________ Oln September 3, ERCOT released its Final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA Report) for Fall of 2021....
by OCSC | Sep 3, 2021 | Blog, News Roundup
Alice Echo-News Journal: A new solar energy farm will be built in Orange Grove Sept. 3 — Advanced Power, an independent developer, owner and asset manager of modern power infrastructure that has recently made a series of significant investments in the development of...
by OCSC | Sep 3, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Rates, Texas Legislature
HB 4492 includes within its 27 pages detailed language that pertain to the recovery of extraordinary energy-related costs falling broadly into two categories — the “default balance” costs and the “uplift balance” costs. ________________________________________________...
