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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said he wants to use part of the special session to work on helping to fix the grid system, and to […]

But they did not provide direct relief for everyday Texans, many of whom lost jobs or loved ones during the pandemic and then went through yet […]

Patrick said the Senate proposed a framework for a $3 billion fund to help consumers pay for electric rates that go up as electric companies pay […]

A major cause of the February winter storm power outages remains unaddressed as lawmakers prepare to leave town Monday. Critics say more must be done – […]

A last-minute bi-partisan push to put money back in your pocket is no longer happening.

“The entire supply chain failed up and down, and the result of that was extraordinary costs,” Hancock said. “What this bill seeks to do is make […]

CPS Energy on Wednesday notched a win in its fight against the Electric Reliability Council of Texas when a court ruled the state’s power grid operator […]

“Everybody better buy their generators or their storage or whatever to put in their garage, because that basically means there would be nothing done to gas […]

ExxonMobil Oil Corp. says in a new Texas state court lawsuit the owner of a storage facility where it keeps emergency reserves of natural gas is […]

According to options being considered by CPS Energy, customers could see their monthly bills go up between 6.5% and 9.5%. That would be $9.70-$14.60 per month […]

“Everyone has been in denial,” said Alison Silverstein, a consultant who works with the U.S. Department of Energy and formerly served as a senior adviser at […]

“In one week alone, Vistra spent more than twice the amount on natural gas than what we usually spend in one full year to power our […]

It would guarantee that Texans — especially low and middle-income consumers — will pay off Uri bills for years to come.  To prevent additional lawsuits and […]

Who pays for that shoddy bookkeeping? Consumers. It’s ratepayers, including those who chose fixed-rate energy plans and have thus far avoided higher costs, who could end […]

The Texas Legislature felt sure that the opportunity to make $9,000 a megawatt-hour during a crisis would incentivize generators to spend tens of millions on weatherization. […]

“If a gas station raises prices from $2 to $5/gal during a hurricane they go to jail for price gouging,” UT Professor Michael Webber posted on […]

The Journal’s analysis of grid records shows that participants included dozens of critical pieces of natural-gas infrastructure. Ercot ordered them to stay off for more than […]

Lawmakers argue that spreading costs through the whole market — which will get passed through to consumers’ bills — is necessary to stabilize the state’s electricity […]

ERCOT says its biggest worry this summer is the wind — and whether enough energy is generated by the wind on the hottest days this summer.

“I believe we are setting a lower cap for this year and cleaning up the disruptive force of the fuel recovery factor… that had such devastating […]