Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)
Gov. Greg Abbot rejected calls to fire PUC Chair Arthur D’Andrea, who has refused to reprice billions of ERCOT transactions during February’s winter storm.
The Texas PUC appointed former staffer Adrianne Brandt and former ERCOT COO Brad Jones to guide an analysis of last month’s outages.
Texas utilities are coming up short on payments to ERCOT, as the state legislature begins considering restructuring the grid operator's governance.
Texas Public Utility Commissioner Shelly Botkin resigned Monday, leaving the three-person body with just one member, Chair Arthur D’Andrea.
The energy industry’s largest international gathering, CERAWeek by IHS Markit, was held virtually with “unprecedented” participation.
The Texas PUC declined to reprice $16 billion in market transactions that may have been incorrectly priced during the February winter storm.
The names of potential successors to ERCOT CEO Bill Magness have already begun to circulate after the grid operator’s Board of Directors fired him.
The U.S. House of Representatives’ principal oversight committee joined the roster of agencies investigating ERCOT following February’s severe winter storm.
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying it was unable to pay ERCOT $2.1 billion in unexpected charges.
Under heavy fire from state politicians over her response to the massive Texas blackouts, DeAnn Walker resigned as the chair of Texas’ PUC.
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