June 29, 2018 • Regional News
Regional and National News June 24-29
Company Cancels North Texas Wind Farms (Houston Chronicle 6/28)
Texas PUC Chair Recommends Rulemaking to Address How Generating Capacity Determined For Compliance With Market Share Thresholds In Merger Proceedings (Energy Choice Matters 6/27)
Solar farm receives USDA approval (Herald Banner, 6/28)
Consumers can save $500 a year by shopping wisely for electricity (Houston Chronicle, 6/28)
Regulators scrutinize South Texas natural gas pipelines plan (San Antonio BizJournals 6/28)
Company Cancels North Texas Wind Farms (Houston Chronicle 6/28)
Texas PUC Chair Recommends Rulemaking to Address How Generating Capacity Determined For Compliance With Market Share Thresholds In Merger Proceedings (Energy Choice Matters 6/27)
Solar farm receives USDA approval (Herald Banner, 6/28)
Consumers can save $500 a year by shopping wisely for electricity (Houston Chronicle, 6/28)
Regulators scrutinize South Texas natural gas pipelines plan (San Antonio BizJournals 6/28)
RRC Chairman Craddick and PUC Chairman Walker Working to Ensure Availability of Natural Gas for
Reliable Electric Service this Summer [PDF] (PUC and RRC media release, 6/26)
Electricity sufficient despite heat, Oncor rep says (Athens Daily Review, 6/25)
How to cut your energy bill while you beat the Texas heat (ABC-13, 6/26)
Warning: Hot Summer Ahead! Entergy provides ways to chill your bill while keeping your cool (The Paper, 6/26)
Mexico’s front runner and privatization: The implications for U.S. energy (Texas Standard, 6/26)
Why Trump is going national with bid to save coal, nuclear (Washington Examiner, 6/26)
Perry says economics are "secondary" when it comes to power grid (Houston Chronicle, 6/25)
Rick Perry OK with being 'punching bag' for saving coal, nuclear plants (Washington Examiner, 6/25)
Coal's Days Are Numbered (Bloomberg, 6/25)
NERC: Grid Resilience, Reliability Improved in 2017 (RTO Insider ($), 6/25)
Senate Approves $145B Spending Bill to Fund Energy, Veterans (AP, 6/25)
Texas Matters: Is Wind Power Under Attack & A Population Boom In The Lone Star State (Texas Public Radio, 6/22)
The East Texas angle: Coal-fired power plants and mines in Texas have been closing for the past few years. (Longview News-Journal, 6/24)
Texas Retail Provider Switches Brand Names, Unified Brand Said To Enable Rollout Of New Products (Retail Energy X, 6/22)
Schertz residents shocked by large bill after replacement of analog CPS meter (KSAT, 6/22)
Texas PUC Grants Retail Provider Certificate To Start-Up, Technology-Focused REP GridPlus (Energy Choice Matters, 6/22)
A Trump-supporting Texas city runs on 100% renewable energy (Axios, 6/23) (See also: CBS This Morning)
How Vistra and FlexGen Made the Largest Battery in Texas Pencil Out (Greentech Media, 6/22)
NRG Rolls Out Simplified, Fixed-Rate, Commercial-Industrial Solar Garden Energy-as-a-Service Product (Solar Magazine, 6/25)
Reimers: Cryptocurrencies could increase capacity for renewable energy (TribTalk, 6/25)
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