by R.A. Dyer | May 27, 2025 | News Roundup
Texas Standard: After outages last year, CenterPoint promises a better tracker May 26 —Hurricane season starts June 1, and CenterPoint Energy says it’s ready with a new and improved outage tracker. But after failures during Hurricane Beryl and last year’s derecho, is...
by R.A. Dyer | Apr 23, 2025 | ERCOT
ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas outlines alternative forecasting methodology that projects big load forecasts, but less than previous predictions. ________________________________________________ ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, in presentations this month to key state legislative...
by R.A. Dyer | Mar 26, 2025 | News Roundup
Texas Tribune: West Texas lawmakers push bills to divert some oil and gas taxes to help oil-producing counties with roads, other needs March 25 — Reps. Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf want to divert 10% of taxes collected on oil and gas production to help...
by R.A. Dyer | Feb 17, 2025 | News Roundup
KXAN: Texas electric utilities now required to maintain online power outage trackers Feb. 14 —Electricity providers in Texas that service retail customers are now required to maintain online power outage trackers that provide information in English and Spanish. — Find...
by R.A. Dyer | Jan 31, 2025 | News Roundup
Odessa American: PUCT hosts electric utilities to discuss emergency operations and extreme weather preparedness Jan. 30 — The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) hosted a workshop Thursday for electric industry representatives across the state to discuss...
