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...
Energy consumption in June struck a level nearly 1 percent higher than consumption recorded during June last year ________________________________________________ Electricity consumption and renewable energy are up this summer — those are two take-away findings from a...
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...
New CenterPoint CEO said to prioritize shareholders, regulators. ________________________________________________ The new CEO of Houston’s CenterPoint Energy will receive a base salary of $1.35 million per year, plus a sign-on equity stock award valued at $1 million,...
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...
PUC Extends COVID-19 Electricity Relief Program Through August. ________________________________________________ A moratorium of utility disconnections for out-of-work Texans unable to pay their electric bills because of COVID-19 will continue until the end of...
