by OCSC | Jul 26, 2023 | News Roundup, Utility News
Politico: Texas regulators go easy on the gas fines July 20 — Independent observers say the divergent levels of scrutiny for utilities and gas companies is largely because of Texas leaders’ lingering skepticism of renewable energy. Politicians and Texas regulators...
by OCSC | Jun 28, 2023 | Blog, ERCOT
The new ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service represents another effort to shore up grid reliability. ________________________________________________ ERCOT in June launched a new Ancillary Service — the first in more than two decades. Known as the ERCOT Contingency...
by OCSC | Jun 27, 2023 | ERCOT
ERCOT argued that it enjoys immunity against legal actions relating to its official actions because the organization claims it acts as a division of state government. ________________________________________________ Sovereign immunity — the legal principle that...
by OCSC | May 8, 2023 | Utility News
A write-off of rate base disallowances during the first quarter of 2023 associated with a PUC final order in an Oncor rate case contributed to the $194 million quarter-over-quarter decrease. ________________________________________________ Oncor Electric Delivery...
by OCSC | Apr 25, 2023 | Texas Legislature
SB 2012 would place limits on the controversial and potentially expensive Performance Credit Mechanism, authorized earlier by the PUC. ________________________________________________ As the 88th Texas Legislature inches toward its end, it now appears that one of the...
