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. ________________________________________________...
by OCSC | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation, Texas Legislature
Changing the “ancillary services” market should be part of discussions for a “reliability first” approach to managing the state power grid, according to OCSC. ________________________________________________ A number of important energy market adjustments —...
by OCSC | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Texas Legislature
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...
by OCSC | Mar 22, 2021 | Blog, Texas Legislature
Question of Correcting Wholesale Electricity Prices Divides Texas House and Senate. ________________________________________________ The February 15–19 ice storm that left more than 4 million Texans without power continues to roil the political waters in Austin....
by OCSC | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog, Texas Legislature
USA Today: ‘An electrical island’: Texas has dodged federal regulation for years by having its own power grid Feb. 17 — The grid has been thrust into the national spotlight as extreme energy demand and overloaded frozen utility plants contributed to...
by OCSC | Feb 16, 2021 | Blog, Texas Legislature
Texas was roiled by similar rolling outages almost 10 years ago exactly. Then, as now, a punishing cold snap caused electricity use to spike even as several plants went off line. ________________________________________________ What happened and why? This week’s...
