Dec 1, 2017 | Legislative Watch
ERCOT is an island unto itself — that is, unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission takes over. And that at least remote possibility has captured the attention of the state’s top utility regulator. “I’m very, very concerned about it,” said Public Utility...
Nov 6, 2017 | Industry News
With the expected retirement of several aging plants and the continued growth of wind power, the production of electricity from wind turbines may soon supersede that from coal in Texas. That’s the word from University of Texas-Austin research fellow Joshua Rhodes, who...
Sep 20, 2017 | Legislative Watch
The Texas solar industry has just came off its best quarter ever, and experts now predict the market here could become the nation’s second largest within just five years. The solar industry also is making strides nationwide — utility-scale installations grew in 2017...
Feb 23, 2017 | Legislative Watch
What’s in it for us? That’s the question recently posed by Dallas Morning News columnist Mitch Schnurman regarding the proposed multi-billion-dollar acquisition of Oncor Electric by Florida-based NextEra. And it’s a key question: Oncor is the state’s largest...
Oct 27, 2016 | Legislative Watch
Electricity complaints filed with state regulators have dropped precipitously to a new post-electric deregulation low, according to a new report by the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power. All told, Texans filed 4,835 electricity-related complaints or inquiries with...