by OCSC | Jan 20, 2022 | News Roundup
Texas Monthly: Electric Grid Failure Was a Warm-up February 1 — The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the state’s oil and gas industry—or at least it’s supposed to. In practice, it seldom does. Its three commissioners are elected, and their campaign coffers are...
by OCSC | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, Rates, Utility News
The coalitions expressed support for the broadband expansion but want to “ensure that costs are appropriately recovered and credited back to captive electric utility ratepayers.” ________________________________________________ Protecting electric utility ratepayers...
by OCSC | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, ERCOT, Utility News
ERCOT reports that 321 of 324 electric generation units and transmission facilities had fully passed their inspections for new winterization regulations. ________________________________________________ Texas power generation companies and electric transmission...
by OCSC | Jan 5, 2022 | Blog, News Roundup
KERA: Energy expert says Texas should weatherize natural gas to prevent future blackouts Jan. 3 — Some regions of the state have seen below freezing temperatures over the last few days, leaving some Texans worried the electrical grid could fail, as it did last...
by OCSC | Dec 19, 2021 | Blog, Generation
The Texas Public Utility Commission will wait until 2022 to consider “Phase II” changes for the state’s electricity market. ________________________________________________ The Texas Public Utility Commission has signed off on a first batch of Winter Storm Uri...
