87th Texas Legislature: New Bills, New Committee Assignments
Battery storage, transmission siting and potentially expensive regulatory changes — these utility-related issues and others are included in bills now pending before the Texas Legislature.
BLOG: ERCOT Reports Higher Projected Reserve Margins
All else equal, a higher reserve margin should mean less likelihood of certain kinds of reliability problems, as well as lower wholesale prices.
Blog: ERCOT Reports Sufficient Power in Texas for Winter, Spring; Wind and Solar Advance
Texas remains on track to add more than 5,000 MW of new wind capacity in 2020 — the most ever added annually.
BLOG: Vistra’s New Acquisitions Further Consolidate Texas Retail Electric Market
NRG and Vistra could end up controlling about 75 percent of the competitive Texas market, according to published reports.
BLOG: Texas Regulators Set Energy Efficiency Utility Charges for 2021
One charge on your home electric bill that may have escaped your notice is for something called the “EECRF.” This discrete charge pays your local utility for costs it incurs for creating energy efficiency programs.
Blog: PUC Questions Contract with Texas Reliability Monitor
The Texas Reliability Entity — also known as the “Texas RE” — is charged with monitoring and enforcing ERCOT compliance with federal electric reliability standards from the North American Electric Regulatory Corporation. The Texas RE also serves as the PUC’s Reliability Monitor for the ERCOT region.