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#Texas utility regulators give initial ‘no’ to #Oncor sale to #NextEra

Texas utility regulators give initial ‘no’ to Oncor sale to NextEra Florida-based NextEra Energy’s proposed purchase of Texas transmission company Oncor Electric Delivery hit a snag Thursday as Texas regulators called the $18.7 billion deal not in the public interest. According to the Dallas Morning News, all three regulators on the Texas Public Utility Commission … Continue reading #Texas utility regulators give initial ‘no’ to #Oncor sale to #NextEra

Wind surge in ERCOT prompts PUC ‘concern’ about nonmarket uplift

Wind surge in ERCOT prompts PUC ‘concern’ about nonmarket uplift Hearing about the continuing surge of wind generation in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, a state regulator on Tuesday expressed “concern” about too many out-of-market actions to ensure local reliability threatened by a sudden drop in wind output. Early in the ERCOT Board of … Continue reading Wind surge in ERCOT prompts PUC ‘concern’ about nonmarket uplift

Report: #Exelon ‘s Texas merchant subsidiary looks to address debt

Report: Exelon’s Texas merchant subsidiary looks to address debt Exelon’s merchant power subsidiary may be the latest indicator of systemic problems in organized power markets. Reuters reports that the company has hired advisers to help it address debt, following a trend of other dim signs for independent power producers. EGTP owns five power plants in … Continue reading Report: #Exelon ‘s Texas merchant subsidiary looks to address debt

Tech company turning natural gas flares into #electricity in Eagle Ford

Tech company turning natural gas flares into electricity in Eagle Ford Clean energy technology being deployed and tested in the Eagle Ford Shale may soon change how oil companies think about natural gas flares. Silicon Valley-based Alphabet Energy Inc. has installed two thermoelectric generators that convert waste heat from flares into electricity at a pair … Continue reading Tech company turning natural gas flares into #electricity in Eagle Ford

#CenterPoint project aims to bring #congestion relief to power, prices

CenterPoint project aims to bring congestion relief to power, prices t was an usually hot Texas day in late February and, per usual, Houston was causing trouble. By late afternoon on Feb. 22, temperatures around the state had climbed into the 90s, and the demand for power surged. In Houston, where midday wholesale power prices … Continue reading #CenterPoint project aims to bring #congestion relief to power, prices