New home for state’s under-used smart meter website?
Like the unluckiest dog at the animal shelter, an under-utilized website intended to help Texans reduce their energy consumption is having a hard time finding adoptive parents. The website, SmartMeterTexas.com, is currently operated by a coalition of transmission and...
Progress for long delayed energy efficiency program
A long-delayed program intended to deliver high-tech energy savings to low-income Texans may finally be getting back on track. But questions remain — including whether large numbers of low-income Texans will avail themselves of the new technology. The devices included...
Generation supplies adequate for fall and winter
Only under extreme conditions would Texas potentially face power shortages this winter, according to new projections by the organization that manages the state’s power grid. That organization, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, also projects healthy generation...
Proton Energy Customers Sent to Default Service
Proton Energy, the electric company that couldn’t shoot straight, has finally been shot down. The Texas Public Utility Commission this week revoked Proton’s license and ordered the transfer of all of its customers to default service, an action that effectively...
Of black outs and talking apes: electricity and sci-fi movies
Restoring an electricity system after at total blackout — as is depicted in the newest Planet of the Apes movie — is much more difficult than portrayed by Hollywood.