Is this the future of electricity storage? (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Getty Images It used to be a standard question I asked utility executives: What keeps you awake at night? That always e...
Tag: Winter Storm Uri
The Clear And Present Danger In The Electric Transition
Linesman work to restore power during an intense ice storm. getty The electricity system in the United States — all of it — is heading into a massive crisis in the not very distant future. It is a cri...
To Secure Texas’s Future, The ERCOT Grid Will Need More Of Everything
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, l, congratulates his colleague Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as the two view the … [+] inaugural parade in downtown Austin. Abbott becomes the 48th Governor of Texas during ce...
NRG-Funded Report Says Texas Ratepayers On Hook For $10.5 Billion Due To Uri, Oklahomans Facing $2.8 Billion In Debt
Transmission towers near the CenterPoint Energy power plant on July 11, 2022 in Houston. Ratepayers … [+] in ERCOT are being saddled with $10.5 billion in debt due to losses utilities incurred d...
CPS Energy’s Garza Is Tailor-Made For Challenges Of San Antonio
Engineer with political skill: Rudy Garza, interim president and CEO of San Antonio-based CPS … [+] Energy. CPS Energy Rudy Garza, the interim president and CEO of Greater San Antonio’s CPS Ener...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Pressed Grid Operator To Keep Prices At $9,000 Per Megawatt-Hour During Crisis
Bill Magness, president and chief executive officer of Electric Reliability Council of Texas … [+] (ERCOT), speaks during the 2018 CERAWeek conference in Houston. Photographer: Aaron M. Sprecher...
Texas’ Rayburn Electric Is First Co-op To Securitize Uri Debt; Still Expected To Sue
David Naylor, Rayburn CEO, signs off on Winter Storm Uri bond. Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc. The week of Feb. 7 history was made in Rockwall, Texas. But there was no jubilation: No hats w...
Texans Breathe Sighs Of Relief As ERCOT Power Grid Passes Winter Test
Young sister throwing snow ball at brother in backyard during winter weather. getty It wasn’t last year’s Winter Storm Uri, but residents all over Texas are breathing sighs of relief anyway Saturday m...
Texas Electric Grid Survives Recent Cold Snap
AUSTIN, TX – JUNE 08: (L-R) State Rep. Chris Paddie, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and State Senator … [+] Kelly Hancock attend a press conference where Abbott signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at ...