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Top Texas utility regulator ousted as recording emerges of pledges to protect Wall Street FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Power lines are shown near Beltway 8 the Hardy Toll Road following an overnight snowfall Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in Houston. Temperatures plunged into the teens Monday with light snow and freezing rain. Rolling blackouts throughout the state has cut power to many.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of2 PUC Chairman Arthur D'AndreaKorey Howell Photography / Texas Public Utility CommissionShow MoreShow Less For nearly an hour last week, the state�...

Texas House Speaker Disagrees With Bill Senate Passed To Reverse ERCOT’s Overcharges Syndicated Local – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan disagreed with a bill passed quickly by the State Senate on Monday, to reverse billions of dollars in overcharges by ERCOT during last month’s widespread power outages. The state says those outages are responsible for the deaths of 57 people across Texas. In a statement Tuesday afternoon, March 16, Phelan expressed doubts about lawmakers changing ERCOT’s pricing during February’s...

Credit: Texas Public Utility Commission Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Public Utility Commission Chair Arthur D'Andrea, the only remaining member of the three-seat board that regulates Texas utilities, is resigning from his post, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday night. Abbott said in a statement that he asked for and accepted D'Andrea's resignation and plans to name "a replacement in the coming days who will have the responsibility of charting a new and fresh course for the agency." D'Andrea's resignation wi...

Texas' last Public Utility Commission member resigns at Gov. Greg Abbott's request Cassandra Pollock and Shawn Mulcahy, The Texas Tribune March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Gov. Greg Abbott has accepted Public Utility Commission Chair Arthur D'Andrea's resignation.Texas Tribune / Texas Public Utility Commission Public Utility Commission Chair Arthur D'Andrea, the only remaining member of the three-seat board that regulates Texas utilities, is resigning from his post, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday night. Abbott said in a statement that he asked for and accepted D'Andrea's resignation and pla...

5 Min Read HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Texas attorney general on Wednesday said state law allows the utilities regulator to cut billions of dollars from storm-inflated electric bills, an endorsement that came hours after the ouster of the regulator who opposed retroactive cuts. FILE PHOTO: An electrical substation is seen after winter weather caused electricity blackouts in Houston, Texas, U.S. February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo The drive to reverse $4.1 billion in emergency prices gained momentum after a magazine published inflammatory comments by Public Utility Commission Chair ...