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LIST: Texas lawmakers tell us what they are doing to fix the state’s electric system Updated:  Tags:  TEXAS – State lawmakers are pouring through more than 200 proposed bills in Austin that would bring change to Texas’ electricity market. While almost all of the proposed laws focus on requiring power generators to maintain their plants to avoid another massive outage like we saw in the winter freeze, one bill would make wholesale and variable rate electric plans (like the plans sold by Griddy) illegal in Texas. We asked all of the state representatives and state senators from the grea...

State Rep. Hugh Shine, R-Temple, is co-sponsoring House Bill 1246 — legislation that would shift away from attendance-based funding for public schools. “This will be a very important piece of legislation that we will debate in the House and well as the Senate,” Shine said during a meeting hosted by the Belton Area Chamber of Commerce on Monday. During the meeting, Shine invited state Rep. Gina Hinjosa, D-Austin, to discuss the legislation. Hinojosa, a former president for the Austin Independent School District’s board of trustees, began developing HB 1246 after noticing ho...

Texas lawmakers have questioned and criticized the Electric Reliability Council of Texas for days about the near-collapse of the state’s power grid last week.

ERCOT CEO Defends Power Outages As Texas Lawmakers Probe Winter Storm Response Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, said widespread blackouts during last week’s winter storm were necessary to prevent grid failure. February 25, 2021, 6:00 AM Curtis Morgan, the CEO of Vistra Corp., at table left, testifies as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources holds a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The hearings were the first in Texas since a blackout that was one o...

Another ERCOT board member resigns as lawmakers criticize power grid operator for massive electricity outages Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  Firefighters clear snow and ice from a side walk outside of the Rebekah Baines Johnson Center in East Austin last week. After the near-collapse of the state’s power grid, seven board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas have resigned. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Another Electric Reliability Council of Texas board member has resigned after a winter storm caused the near-collapse of the state’s power grid. Clifton K...