November 19, 2024

Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)

Texas PUC Waits to Rule on El Paso Electric Purchase
Faced with a deadline to rule on J.P. Morgan’s $4.3 billion purchase of El Paso Electric, the Texas PUC will take the matter up during its next meetings.
Parties to EPE Acquisition Reach Settlement Agreement
El Paso Electric and the investment funds seeking to buy the utility have reached a settlement with most of the parties, they told the Texas PUC.
Texas PUC Briefs: Dec. 13, 2019
Texas' PUC denied El Paso’s request for an extension of settlement negotiations, maintaining the agreement deadline in the acquisition of El Paso Electric.
New PJM CEO Defends Direct Energy Stewardship
While Manu Asthana's appointment as CEO brings hope to stakeholders left shaken by PJM’s exodus of leadership, one group finds the choice unsettling.
Parties near Agreement on El Paso Electric Purchase
The Texas PUC’s hearing on a $4.3 billion private equity bid for El Paso Electric has been postponed to allow time for the parties to reach a settlement.
Texas PUC Briefs: Nov. 14, 2019
Regulators granted a request by staff and Texas Industrial Energy Consumers for a list of investors behind the $4.3 billion acquisition of El Paso Electric.
Hot Summer Yields Positive Earnings for CenterPoint
CenterPoint Energy’s third-quarter earnings surged more than 57% thanks to record electricity usage this summer, the company reported.
Magness, Walker to Explain ERCOT Reliability to NERC
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness and Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker will attend NERC’s Board of Trustees meeting to discuss the grid operator’s slender reserve margins.
Texas PUC Briefs: Sept. 26, 2019
Texas regulators formally approved one of two transmission projects necessary to integrate much of the city of Lubbock’s load into ERCOT.
Texas PUC Briefs: Sept. 12, 2019
The Texas PUC moved a step closer to approving the construction of two 345-kV transmission lines moving about 70% of Lubbock’s load from SPP to ERCOT.

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