Public Utilities Commission of Texas
Recent News About Public Utilities Commission of Texas
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Texas senators, witnesses question who should bear the cost of ensuring grid reliability
The Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce met on Feb. 16 where they held a hearing to discuss overhauling the state energy grid.
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Energy Alliance policy director: 'The PUC’s effort does almost nothing to address the primary cause of unreliability in the Texas market'
The Energy Alliance highlighted its newly published research, which criticizes the actions taken by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) intended to improve the reliability of the grid. Authored by Policy Director Bill Peacock, the research says that the PUC's plan will actually increase costs and reduce reliability by continuing heavy investment and subsidization of wind and solar generation and avoiding the creation of an "energy-only" market environment.
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Peacock: Abbott's new PUC orders still ignores renewable energy reliability
Gov. Greg Abbott has signaled the Texas Public Utility Commission to move forward with electrical grid market redesign despite Texas lawmakers' request for additional deliberation, Energy Alliance Policy Director Bill Peacock said. Despite this push forward, the redesign still ignores the inherent problem of renewable energy sources lack of reliability.
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Critics question Texas PUC's authority to set rates during winter storm
During the surprise winter storm last month, the Public Utility Commission of Texas allegedly decided that the market was not acting as it believed it should and hiked prices to the maximum of $9,000 per megawatt-hour.
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Energy Alliance demands PUC explain higher Texas electricity rates
The Energy Alliance, an arm of the Texas Business Coalition, in a letter to Attorney General Ken Paxton, is demanding explanations why the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of Texas refuses to release information on why it imposed an estimated $3.6 billion hike in electricity rates.
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State government, renewable energy industry quietly sticking it to Texans, analyst claims
While wind and solar generators in Texas are running on warm breezes and plentiful sunshine, the state's taxpayers are being left out in the cold.
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Houston's NRG Energy to acquire Direct Energy if approved by state and federal regulators
The merging parties must prove that the union will not harm competition and will lead to better customer terms