Jun 28, 2016 | Legislative Watch
A team of UK scientists recently designed a fuel cell powered by urine. In Grand Junction, Colorado, garbage trucks and street sweepers run on natural gas extracted from human waste. The same is true for buses in Stockholm, Sweden. Bio-energy from corn crops, wood...
Jun 17, 2016 | Legislative Watch
Key wholesale power prices in Texas plummeted during 2015 — a drop largely driven by declining natural gas prices. Wind and natural gas-fired plants also generated record amounts of electricity in Texas, while the share of power from coal plants fell to a record low....
Jun 2, 2016 | Legislative Watch
It would have been a big, big change — one that would have impacted behind-the-scenes operations in the Texas wholesale power market. But for now it’s not happening. ERCOT, also known as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, operates the state’s primary power...
May 23, 2016 | Legislative Watch
In email after email, ratepayers are urging the Texas Public Utility Commission to continue maintaining the powertochoose.org website — but also to reform it. Several writers complain of confusing deals on powertochoose.org, or misuse of the website by deceptive...
May 19, 2016 | Legislative Watch
Could solar power fall victim to its own success? That appears to be the underlying suggestion from two solar analysts who examined the industry’s long-term prospects. The problem relates to “value deflation,” a theoretical concept from economics — but one with...
May 12, 2016 | Legislative Watch
The Texas Railroad Commission would surrender its authority over gas utility rate cases to the Public Utility Commission under new recommendations to state lawmakers. The Railroad Commission also would undergo a name change and end its controversial use of internal...
