Articles tagged: Public Utility Commission
El Paso Electric Agrees to Kill Solar Fee for Customers
The move is a win for consumer and environmental groups that said the fee would dim solar’s prospects in El Paso.
The move is a win for consumer and environmental groups that said the fee would dim solar’s prospects in El Paso and make consumers less likely to go solar....Read More
There Goes the Sun
The sun city may soon be charging residents extra for solar power, joining a growing number of utilities that treat solar as a threat to their businesses....Read More
Lawmakers Scrap Over ‘Outside Groups’
Angry debate erupted on House floor when Rep. Byron Cook allowed an amendment that would’ve gutted a previously-uncontested portion of the PUC sunset bill....Read More
Solar Power Could See Explosive Growth in Texas over Coming Decades
Solar is just a tiny sliver—less than 1 percent—of Texas' electricity mix. Yet, the economics are becoming increasingly favorable for solar to take off ...Read More
Report: Electricity Deregulation Has Cost Texans $10.4 Billion
How’s the great free-market experiment into electricity deregulation going? Not all that great for the average Texan, according to a report released today...Read More
Solar Advocates Say It’s High Time For Public Utility Commission to Act
Seven years after the Texas Legislature passed a bill calling for the state to add 500 megawatts of non-wind renewable power to its energy mix by 2015, the Publ...Read More