Jul 8, 2013 | Industry News
A new timeline tells history of the Texas electricity market, from deregulation’s beginning, to phantom tax collections by utilities, to a recent drive by generators to secure multi-billion-dollar subsidies.
Feb 25, 2013 | Legislative Watch
As much as $2.3 billion annually. That’s how much Texans can expect to pay in additional energy costs if policymakers adopt a plan to subsidize the state’s powerful electric generation companies.
Feb 23, 2011 | Legislative Watch
A report released this month, The Story of ERCOT, details the history of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The report comes at an interesting time for ERCOT, which is under fire following the recent statewide, rolling blackouts. The Texas Public Utility...
Feb 10, 2011 | Legislative Watch
ERCOT CEO Trip Doggett is under fire. During a meeting Thursday of the Texas Public Utility Commission, he was made aware that his job may be on the line. As part of a routine review of ERCOT rules, Commissioner Donna Nelson proposed “adding language that says...
Feb 7, 2011 | Legislative Watch
Wholesale electric prices spiked 3,000 percent The cold weather has been blamed for the blackouts that left thousands of Texans without heat and power this week. ERCOT, the organization that operates the Texas power grid, said it had lost about 7,000 megawatts of...