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The Texas Public Utility Commission allowed a moratorium to expire on Friday that prevented utility companies from shutting off service for late payments.
A "do Not Disconnect" order from the February Freeze could come to an end this week.
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Texas Public Utility Commission discusses ending ‘no disconnect’ order Robert Arnold, Investigative Reporter Tags: PUC may end no disconnect order next week The Texas Public Utility Commission is considering ending a ‘no disconnect’ order, possibly as soon as June 11. That order was put in place as millions of Texans saw their homes freeze due to our power grid’s failure. PUC Commissioners said they want to avoid customers falling into a financial hole they can’t dig out of, but residents still recovering from the storm say it’s too soon to end the order. “Financially, it...
Ex-New York power market CEO named interim ERCOT CEO by The Associated Press Last Updated Apr 27, 2021 at 9:28 pm EDT AUSTIN, Texas — The former CEO of New York’s independent electricity marketer has been named interim CEO of the manager of the electric grid serving 90% of Texas, officials announced Tuesday. Brad Jones has been hired for up to one year as chief executive of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT board member Mark Carpenter calls Jones “an experienced leader” who “understands the ERCOT vision and mission.” He takes over a grid manager whose management has...
Houston — The Public Utility Commission of Texas on April 7 initiated a revision to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas' scarcity pricing rule to ensure that a "circuit breaker" change in the systemwide offer cap, designed avoid harming consumers, does not create what the chairman called "absurd results." Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now At issue is the switch from ERCOT's $9,000/MWh "High Systemwide Offer Cap," or HCAP, to the "Low Systemwide Offer Cap," known as LCAP, which is the higher of ei...