Feb 23, 2009 | Industry News
CAPP”s recent report on the History of Electric Deregulation in Texas relies upon the most recent annual data from the federal United States Energy Information Administration. Annual data – as opposed to monthly data – provide a clearer picture of long-term...
Feb 20, 2009 | Industry News
It’s been suggested that Luminant”s recent decision to retire or mothball 12 older gas-fired plants is just another example of the invigorating powers of that tonic known as electric deregulation. The plants in question are all 40 and 50 years old. Under the...
Feb 18, 2009 | Legislative Watch
A nodal project originally estimated to cost ratepayers as little as $59.7 million is now projected to cost $658.7 million under a budget approved this week by the ERCOT board. All consumer representatives voted against the new spending plan. ERCOT also approved a new...
Feb 13, 2009 | Legislative Watch
The state House committee charged with considering key electricity issues has a veteran lawmaker for its new leader. Carrollton Republican Burt Solomons, who this year begins his 8th term in the Texas House, was named Feb. 12 to helm the newly reconstituted State...
Feb 11, 2009 | Legislative Watch
Former state Sen. David Sibley, co-author of the Texas deregulation law, recently suggested to a reporter that he linked wholesale energy prices to natural gas pricing in Senate Bill 7 as a way to discourage the production of new coal plants and to phase out old...
