by OCSC | Dec 23, 2020 | News Roundup
Associated Press: White supremacists plotted to attack US electric grid by shooting into power stations, FBI says Dec. 22 — The teen was in a text group with more than a dozen people in the fall of 2019 when he introduced the idea of saving money to buy a ranch...
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 2, 2020 | Blog, ERCOT
The debate also raised questions regarding a potential mismatch with state law. ________________________________________________ The Texas Reliability Entity, an organization that monitors the Texas power grid but reports to the feds, finds itself amid a...
by OCSC | Sep 14, 2020 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation, Utility News
A company error led to a massive wholesale power price spike. ________________________________________________ A multi-million-dollar regulatory complaint against ERCOT and relating to a massive wholesale power price spike has been dismissed by Texas...
by OCSC | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog, Electric Consumers, Generation, Utility News
Hurricane Laura caused extensive damage in East Texas. ________________________________________________ Although it made landfall outside the state, Hurricane Laura knocked out power for hundreds of thousand customers within Texas and wreaked havoc on the local...
