Nov 20, 2017 | Policy and ReformRegulatory planners, industry officials and others looking to guard against blackouts must focus more of their attention on the nation’s natural gas delivery systems and its natural gas-fired plants. That’s among the key take-away findings from a new report by the...
Jan 30, 2017 | Regulatory ActionThe Gas Reliability Infrastructure Program, or GRIP, allows monopoly gas utilities to hike rates even if the company’s overall expenditures are on the decline, or even if its revenues are increasing. Under the rules of GRIP, a utility need only claim extra investment...
Aug 16, 2016 | Policy and ReformNatural gas commodity prices are half what they were in 2004. And yet, average home gas bills haven’t budged. In fact, average gas utility bills in Texas were slightly higher in 2015 than they were in 2004 — despite a dramatic drop in the cost of natural gas over that...
Jun 17, 2016 | Policy and ReformKey wholesale power prices in Texas plummeted during 2015 — a drop largely driven by declining natural gas prices. Wind and natural gas-fired plants also generated record amounts of electricity in Texas, while the share of power from coal plants fell to a record low....
