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 | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
A list of some of the most important of these post-Winter Storm Uri reforms, including those set to take effect in time for this year’s winter season. ________________________________________________ In response to the political upheaval following February’s...
by OCSC | Nov 9, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
The agency’s intense focus on market redesign and related issues comes in response to last February’s statewide energy crisis that left 4 million Texans without power. ________________________________________________ Reforming the Texas power market remains a top...
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 | Feb 23, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Utility News
The PUC has issued four executive orders so far, and more may be on the way ________________________________________________ In response to last week’s massive blackouts, the Texas Public Utility Commission has issued a number of executive orders including a ban on...
