Shay Aldriedge

The price of electricity remained fixed at $9,000 until the morning of Feb. 19, 32 hours after ERCOT had lifted its last load-shedding order. That became […]

Texas faced a brief power-grid scare Tuesday night, less than 60 days after widespread blackouts left millions without light and heat for days during a deep […]

This is a money grab that would re-regulate part of the Texas electrical system without addressing one of the key problems that triggered outages earlier this […]

The current market monitor says electricity prices were too high for too long during the storm, resulting in about $16 billion of overcharges in the final […]

On Monday, the Senate suspended numerous rules to file, vote out of committee and then approve Senate Bill 2142 with bipartisan support. It orders the PUC […]

This week, Patrick championed the quick passage of a bill by the State Senate that would reverse ERCOT’s overcharges.  The Lt. Governor said that could save […]

A second issue may be taken up later this week by the PUC — the potential repricing of day-ahead clearing prices of ancillary services from Feb. […]

A year from now, it’s almost certain that Texans will have fewer electricity providers to choose from, and those that remain are more likely to be […]