by OCSC | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog, News Roundup
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...
by OCSC | Aug 8, 2021 | Blog, Utility News
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....
by OCSC | Aug 7, 2021 | Blog, News Roundup
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...
by OCSC | Jul 24, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
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...
by OCSC | Jul 17, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
ERCOT released the plan in response to a letter from Gov. Abbott that included directives relating to the state’s primary power grid and energy market. ________________________________________________ Increasing the amount of electric power generation and purchasing...
by OCSC | Jul 13, 2021 | ERCOT
The new data sets shed new light on ERCOT’s surprising June 14-18 call for energy conservation that it issued statewide. ________________________________________________ Many of the same plants that failed during the Winter Storm Uri freeze in February likewise...
