Oct 12, 2017 | Policy and ReformYou flip a switch, your lights come on. The more power you use, the bigger your bill. It sounds simple and it is — and yet just below the surface lurks a tangle of engineering constraints, big-moneyed interests and a fantastically complex wholesale power market. And...
May 9, 2014 | Policy and ReformA massive transmission project that could lower electric prices in Houston has won approval from the operator of the Texas power grid — despite objections from two major generation companies. Dubbed the Houston Import Project, the transmission lines will cost an...
Jul 13, 2012 | Regulatory ActionWhen approved by the PUC — and if the companies stick to them — the proposals protect companies against any prosecution for market power abuse.
