by OCSC | May 22, 2022 | News Roundup
Houston Chronicle: West Texas rancher pours $2 million into Sarah Stogner’s underdog campaign for statewide oil and gas board seatMay 17 — Ashley Watt, who owns a 75,000-acre ranch in the Permian Basin, is helping bankroll a substantial TV ad buy in the final two...
by OCSC | Jul 28, 2021 | News Roundup
Reuters: Texas power grid passes first of many tests to meet demand as heatwave lingers July 27 — The Texas power grid passed the first of what could be many tests over the next week by meeting the highest demand this year on Monday without problems as homes and...
by OCSC | Jun 19, 2021 | News Roundup
Houston Chronicle (Commentary): If Texas will not regulate methane emissions, then the feds must June 16 — The oil and natural gas deposits in the Permian Basin are millennia older than the states of Texas and New Mexico, which today sit on top of them. The...
by Guest Writer | Oct 29, 2020 | Blog, Oncor, Utility News
Almost all of the surveyed electric utilities had gross capital additions that were higher than ever. _______________________________________________ Each year, the Texas Public Utility Commission releases a report tracking reliability-related spending by the state’s...
by OCSC | Oct 23, 2020 | Blog, Rates
The Texas Public Utility Commission updates EECRF charges (the initials stand for “Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Factor” ) on an annual basis. One charge on your home electric bill that may have escaped your notice is for something called the “EECRF.” This discrete...