by R.A. Dyer | Oct 30, 2026 | News Roundup
The Cool Down: Texas power bills could jump 7.7%, with households charged back to March Oct. 28 — A proposed settlement could raise monthly electric bills by 7.7% for more than 191,000 Southwestern Electric Power Company customers in Texas. It would also allow the...
by R.A. Dyer | Oct 20, 2026 | Generation
Under development by Pecos Power Plant LLC, the West Texas project eventually should generate enough power to serve approximately 111,000 homes. Co-sponsors Mercuria and Continental Resources also are participating in the project....
by R.A. Dyer | Aug 4, 2026 | ERCOT
ERCOT now has paused the batch interconnection process for data centers in response to Gov. Abbott’s announcement. ________________________________________________ Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced a moratorium on the approval of new data centers so state...
by R.A. Dyer | Jul 24, 2026 | News Roundup
Renewable Energy World: As Texas temperatures soar, ERCOT crushes demand and generation records without incident July 23 — ERCOT broke several other new records this week. Maximum net load hit 75,733 MW; maximum total energy storage discharging hit 11,980.34 MW;...
by R.A. Dyer | Jul 22, 2026 | Electric Consumers
Dated July 17, the letter comes in response to a recent request from Abbott for details on what steps the PUC has taken to protect Texas ratepayers from the aftereffects of the ongoing AI data center boom. ________________________________________________ Ensuring that...
