May 9, 2016 | Legislative Watch
Managing distributed generation — that is, power produced at the level of individual customers from such sources as diesel generators and solar panels — raises all sorts of complex issues for ERCOT, the state’s primary electric grid operator. How should distributed...
Oct 7, 2015 | Legislative Watch
Last November Oncor Electric, the state’s largest transmission and distribution utility, floated an ambitious plan to invest up to $5.2 billion in battery storage technology. In theory the new batteries would bolster the state’s main power grid and — at least...
Sep 3, 2015 | Legislative Watch
Texas likes to pride itself on a well-functioning electricity market. Residential prices have dipped below the national average. Customer complaints have fallen from previous years. But when it comes to one area in particular — “distributed energy” — some experts...
