Lubbock residents have long dreamed of cheaper electricity. Will Texasโ open market deliver?
Years in the making, the transition from a municipal electric company to an open market has left some residents unsure.
Appeals court says state agency set electricity prices too high during 2021 winter storm
The actions by the Public Utility Commission led to billions of dollars of overcharges, the Austin-based court found. Itโs not yet clear if the ruling will affect consumers.
Analysis: A power test for Texas voters
After last winterโs near-statewide electric blackouts, Texas lawmakers went after regulators they deemed responsible but tiptoed around the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas. Now voters have a chance, if they want it, to send the state a message.
Analysis: Whatever the campaigns say, the Texas electric grid isnโt fixed yet
After 2021โs winter storm electric blackouts, Texas lawmakers worked to shore up the stateโs electric grid. But theyโre not finished, despite what you might hear from campaigning politicians.
Analysis: Texas voters and political candidates arenโt on the same page
What top Texas candidates are talking about isnโt always the same as what the voters think are the most important issues facing the state.
How Texasโ power grid failed in 2021 โ and whoโs responsible for preventing a repeat
In the stateโs power grid, electricity and natural gas are co-dependent. Hereโs how the winter storm last year broke the system.
Analysis: โNothing to see hereโ is good news for Texans and for incumbent politicians
The first really cold weather of the year came and went without straining the stateโs electric grid โ a welcome relief for voters and for politicians, who didnโt want a repeat of 2021's winter blackouts.
Analysis: In Texas, cold weather brings a political chill
This weekโs cold weather forecast triggers memories of the electricity blackouts that left millions in the dark during a polar vortex and killed hundreds of Texans last year. Itโs triggering politiciansโ memories, too, during the primary election.
Analysis: Texasโ electric grid is half-ready for another winter freeze
Chances are, winter weather wonโt be as bad as it was last February. Chances are, Texas wonโt have the electric blackouts that caused so much misery then. And chances are, whatever happens will have some influence on the 2022 elections.
Analysis: Betting a Texas election on a weather forecast
Gov. Greg Abbott says he can "guarantee" there won't be blackouts this winter in Texas after one that knocked out power for some people for four days last February. That's the kind of pre-election prediction that can make a weather forecaster more useful than a political poll.
Analysis: 2022 primary elections in Texas merit a severe weather alert
Next yearโs primary elections start a year after a winter storm knocked out power across Texas โ and the government response to that disaster could be on votersโ minds.
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Analysis: The Texas electric grid and the improvements that didnโt come
Texas lawmakers passed major bills in response to the winter storm power outages that killed hundreds of Texans in February. But thereโs still a lot to do.
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Analysis: Texas lawmakers might get a second life for dying bills
As the end of the regular session approaches, Texas lawmakers โ and some of their bills โ are running out of time. But there's a special session coming later this year, and maybe โ just maybe โ another chance for dead legislation.
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Texas Legislature approves bill to ban residential wholesale electricity plans โ the first major winter storm bill sent to the governor
Time is running out on a slate of other bills lawmakers are considering that stem from February's deadly winter storm.
Texplainer: Why does Texas have its own power grid?
Basically, Texas has its own grid to avoid dealing with โ you guessed it โ the feds. But grid independence has been violated a few times over the years โ not even counting Mexico's help during blackouts in 2011.