Incentives for gas move ahead, and energy efficiency measures stall at the Lege.
continues to be a hard lift at the Lege, despite the debacle of the 2021 winter storm and subsequent wobbles.and discourage renewables – and threaten to pass on the necessary cost of reliable power to the consumer – advanced further in the Lege yesterday, while energy efficiency measures stalled ahead of Saturday’s deadline to pass all bills out of committee.
, passed out of committee yesterday. The PCM would give power companies credits if, when the grid is stressed by extreme heat or cold, they can commit to provide power within two hours of being called on, and keep running for at least four hours.
The cap on the PCM and Eckhardt’s energy savings bill still hang in the balance. Sierra Club’s Dave Cortez said in a statement yesterday: “Utilities like Oncor, TNMP, AEP, and CenterPoint – all who’ve recorded massive profits since Winter Storm Uri in 2021 – have a chance to be real heroes to Texas families struggling to pay rising electricity bills and to help make the ERCOT grid more reliable. Instead, they are choosing to prioritize those profits and threatening to raise costs on ratepayers.
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