by OCSC | Aug 8, 2023 | Blog, ERCOT
Real-Time Co-Optimization, which remains under development at ERCOT, should lower electricity costs once operational. ___________________________________________ ERCOT stakeholders and staff have recently re-initiated work on a wholesale power market redesign they...
by OCSC | Jul 31, 2023 | ERCOT, Texas Legislature
Of bills that received approval during the most recent Texas legislative session, about 70 pertain to the Texas Public Utility Commission and its regulatory activities. ________________________________________________ Lawmakers during the recently-concluded...
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 | 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...
by OCSC | Mar 1, 2023 | Texas Legislature
Lawmakers have filed more than 4,500 bills during the ongoing 88th Texas Legislature, including several dozen relating to energy and utility issues. ________________________________________________ State lawmakers have filed more than 4,500 bills during the ongoing...