by OCSC | Jan 24, 2022 | Blog, City Resources, ERCOT
The Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor filed comments January 4 in response to the proposed rules. ________________________________________________ As part of their ongoing response to last February’s winter storm, Texas regulators have proposed updated...
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 | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, ERCOT, Utility News
ERCOT reports that 321 of 324 electric generation units and transmission facilities had fully passed their inspections for new winterization regulations. ________________________________________________ Texas power generation companies and electric transmission...
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 | May 13, 2021 | News Roundup
KXAN: Proposed power outage alert system aims to improve communication in future winter storms May 10 — Texas lawmakers have spent hours discussing legislation aimed at addressing the failures of the state’s power grid, infrastructure and lack of reliable...
