To help readers better understand ERCOT, the OCSC has released Coming To Terms with ERCOT: A Glossary and Primer. ________________________________________________ ERCOT, also known as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, is the non-profit corporation that...
Power sector weatherization is required under new omnibus legislation adopted in response to February’s statewide outages. ________________________________________________ Although still incomplete, legislatively mandated weatherization rules for Texas generators and...
Utility Dive: As Senate passes infrastructure bill, Democrats eye opportunity for more energy spending Aug. 11 — Democrats have also teed up a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that will include a clean electricity payment program, a clean energy...
Previously, three commissioners led the PUC, but after a change in law this year the agency now is set to have five members. ________________________________________________ Jimmy Glotfelty — a former energy company official and former senior advisor to the U.S....
Reuters: Texas rail commissioner advocates tax credits for natural gas industry Aug. 5 — Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright said in an op-ed the natural gas industry should get tax credits similar to renewable energy, to protect state infrastructure from...
Some critical natural gas units participated in a program allowing for electricity to be cut to them during the outages, according to research team. This would have made matters worse. ________________________________________________ Although generation technologies...
