During a January 30 hearing, the state’s highest court heard oral arguments from lawyers for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Calpine Corp., and Luminant. The implications of the lawsuit are immense. ________________________________________________ A lawsuit...
$105 million — that’s how much Barclays Bank and several former energy traders will pay after being accused by federal regulators of improperly manipulating electric prices in California during 2006 and 2008. Although less than the $487.9 million originally sought,...
With the expected retirement of several aging plants and the continued growth of wind power, the production of electricity from wind turbines may soon supersede that from coal in Texas. That’s the word from University of Texas-Austin research fellow Joshua Rhodes, who...
