Aug 31, 2017 | Legislative Watch
Hurricane Harvey knocked out service at power plants and across giant transmission lines — but the ERCOT electric grid weathered the storm. All told, power stopped flowing across six of the state’s massive 345 kilovolt lines, as well as across 91 138 kV lines and 138...
Aug 16, 2017 | Legislative Watch
From Hunt to NextEra to Berkshire Hathaway to Elliott Management and now, finally, to Sempra Energy. That’s been the line-up of successive suitors – both potential and real — for Oncor Electric, the Dallas-based electric utility with 10 million Texas customers....
May 9, 2017 | Legislative Watch
When it comes to producing wind power, Texas beats California, Oklahoma and Iowa — combined. If Texas were its own country, it would be the fourth largest wind producer in the world. But with all that wind energy also comes reliability challenges. In response,...
Sep 30, 2016 | Legislative Watch
Ouch! A multi-billion-dollar bid to purchase Oncor — the state’s largest transmission and distribution utility — has hit a regulatory bump. Key state oversight officials now warn that their ability to protect ratepayers could be undermined by a $275...
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...
