The worst drought in more than 50 years in Texas is expected to continue as a weak La Nina weather pattern is predicted to strengthen this winter. Drought has already reduced cooling water needed by coal-fired power plants and may limit electric output from power plants next summer, an official from the Electric Reliability Council [...]
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Continued Drought Concerns ERCOT for 2012
Posted in Coal Plants, Efficiency, Water, tagged drought, electric reliability council of texas, Energy, Energy Efficiency, PUC, Texas on October 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Perry’s deputy budget chief named new PUC executive director
Posted in Energy, tagged Brian Lloyd, PUC, Texas on November 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Public Utility Commission (PUC) has named one of Gov. Rick Perry’s chief energy advisers to take over as executive director of the agency that oversees the much of the electric industry in the state as well as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Brian Lloyd, spent 10 years at PUC before joining governor’s office where [...]
Perry Banks on Texas Politics through Appointments
Posted in Campaign Finance, Global Warming, Good Government, tagged appointments in Texas, bill white, parry patronage, PUC, Rick Perry, rick perry campaign, TCEQ, texans for public justice on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Governor Perry has raised over $17 million in political donations from people he gave jobs to– in the government! Call it cronyism, call it kickbacks– whatever it is, it’s unethical and should be erased from our political sphere and replaced with public financing for public office.
A new direction for energy efficiency in Texas
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, Sunset, tagged EERS, Energy Efficiency, public citizen texas, PUC, Texas on August 5, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Today, Public Citizen and Environmental Defense Fund sent a letter to the Legislature calling on them to support the creation of a new state agency dedicated to efficiency. I tend to think in the problem-cause-solution framework about public policy issues so here’s the short version: Problem: Energy efficiency languishes in Texas after years of progress. [...]
Press Release: Perry Government Mishandles Programs that Benefit Consumers, Groups Say
Posted in Coal, Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, natural gas, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged Burt Solomons, david power, Energy Efficiency, Jim Keffer, Kate Robertson, matt johnson, PUC, Railroad Commission, Rick Perry, seco, TDHCA, troy fraser, Water Development Board on August 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Public Citizen, Environmental Defense Fund Call for Independent State Agency to Coordinate State’s Energy Efficiency Efforts AUSTIN – In response to the Public Utility Commission’s (PUC) planned adoption of new energy efficiency goals, Public Citizen and Environmental Defense Fund today called for sweeping changes to the way Texas runs its energy efficiency programs. The groups [...]
Arizona Corporation Commission Unanimously Approves One of the Strongest Energy Efficiency Standards in the Country
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, tagged arizona, Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, public citizen texas, PUC, Texas on July 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Phoenix, AZ – Today, the Arizona Corporation Commission acted to save consumers and businesses money by unanimously approving a final Energy Efficiency Standard Rule. “There was strong support from all five commissioners to significantly increase Arizona’s commitment to energy efficiency via this landmark new standard,” said Jeff Schlegel with the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP). [...]
Participate in the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission’s Review of the PUC
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, solar, tagged Energy Efficiency, net metering, PUC, renewable energy, Sunset, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In 1977, the Texas Legislature created the Sunset Advisory Commission to identify and eliminate waste, duplication, and inefficiency in government agencies. The 12-member Commission is a legislative body that reviews the policies and programs of more than 150 government agencies every 12 years. The Commission questions the need for each agency, looks for potential duplication [...]
ERCOT Chair Steps Down Citing Personal Reasons
Posted in Energy, tagged ercot, PUC on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) just announced board of directors’ chair, Jan Newton, has resigned citing personal reasons. Ms. Newton served on the ERCOT board since 2006 and became the chair in 2008. Her resignation is the second major departure from ERCOT in the past eight months. In September of 2009, CEO Bob Kahn submitted [...]
High Demand for Appliance Rebates Show That More Programs Are Needed
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged appliance rebate program, efficient appliances, Energy Efficiency, Public Citizen, public utility commiss, PUC, rebates, Texas, Tom "Smitty" Smith on April 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Today Texans proved that there is a very high demand for energy-efficient products and services when they made reservations for $23 million worth of appliance rebates in just eight hours, using up rebates in the first day they became available. This goes to show how [...]
Anchia and Johnson: A challenge to build on solar idea
Posted in Energy, solar, tagged 82nd legislature, carrollton, dallas, democrats, distributed energy, energy future holdings, environment texas, farmers branch, females, green jobs, hispanics, incentives, irving, jobs, legislator of the year, males, manufacturing, market development, mccall johnson, oncor, Public Citizen, public utility commission, PUC, rafael anchia, republicans, retail electric providers, silicon, solar, solar power, solarcity, TXU on March 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Great joint op-ed by our friend McCall Johnson over at Environment Texas and State Rep. Rafael Anchia, winner of Public Citizen’s Legislator of the Year award. Following on the heels of TXU’s announcement last week that it will offer customers an affordable solar leasing program, the gist of it is that we can’t let the [...]
Texas Railroad Commission Trying to Block Renewable Energy Lines to Help Big Oil
Posted in Campaign Finance, Energy, Renewables, tagged Big Oil, Block Renewable Energy Lines, carbon dioxide emissions, Clean Energy, david power, deputy director, kay bailey hutchison, michael williams, natural gas, oil and gas companies, panhandle, public citizen texas, PUC, regulation, renewable energy, special interests, Texas Legislature, texas public utility commission, Texas Railroad Commission, transmission lines, US senate, west texas, wind farms on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Statement of David Power, Deputy Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Seemingly out of concern that competitive renewable energy will damage Big Oil’s bottom line, the Texas Railroad Commission wants to block renewable energy transmission lines that would put affordable energy from west Texas wind farms on an even playing field with the historical titans of [...]
Electric Rate Discount for Low-Income Users Now Even Lower
Posted in Energy, tagged Consumers, electric rates, electricity discount, high electric prices, lite-up texas, low-income, public utilities commission of texas, PUC, summer heat, sylvester turner on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good news for the safety, comfort and health of Texans — the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) announced this morning that they would increase their special discount for low-income electricity users during these hot summer months. Proof, via the trusted Associated Press: PUC officials say discounts for low-income electricity users are being increased through [...]
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