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Reforms and operational changes that have been made to the power grid ensure it wont fail, says the chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission

In October 2021, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff issued its annual report on “recommendations to help users, owners and operators of the bulk-power system improve...

As the cold weather season approaches, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) are taking action to prevent a...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC") Office of Electric Reliability and Enforcement and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") staff presented a series of findings and...

Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday afternoon that Texas’ main power grid “is better today than it’s ever been” — even as residents were on their third consecutive day of being asked to reduce electricity use. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the main power grid, is urging conservation through Friday, as a n...

Gov. Greg Abbott says power grid better than ever as Texans asked to cut back electricity use Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  Details of electrical transformers at the Austin Energy/Sand Hill Energy Center in Del Valle on March 24, 2020. Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday afternoon that Texas’ main power grid “is better today than it’s ever been” — even as residents were on their...

Public support of CPS Energy crumbled following power outages, Bexar Facts poll shows Utility’s approval rating dropped below 50% following February’s deadly winter storm Published:  Tags:  . The public’s job approval rating of CPS Energy took a nosedive following February’s deadly winter storm and widespread power outages, according to a new poll of likely Bexar County voters. Only 46% of people who took part in the Bexar Facts-KSAT-San Antonio Report 2021 Q1 poll approve of the job ...

elephant in the room Amid the efforts to place blame for the failure of the Texas power grid, politicians and pundits miss the elephant in the room. Texas is in the middle of a shift to renewable energy from fossil fuels. Why would anyone, including politicians and regulators, advocate investing in doomed infrastructure? Whether pumping stations or generating plants, investors can see the day coming when they are told to abandon their investment. Ratepayers or taxpayers, we are all going to p...

He becomes the second senior official to depart in the wake of the one of the worst blackouts in U.S. history.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, announced late Friday that it has revoked electric company Griddy’s right to operate.