Public Utility Commission of Texas

Four members of the board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas plan to resign after a blackout left millions without power in a cold snap last week.

After enduring a wretched week of Arctic storms, hunger and cold, several Texans were handed another pain point -- massive electricity bills.Houston resident David Astrein, 36, a human resources director at a manufacturing company, said he's been charged $2,738.66 so far...

Electricity and gas provider Just Energy warned that the financial impact of the Texas winter storms could force it out of business.

The Texas Public Utility Commission takes steps to limit exposure to some customers from the costs of this emergency.

Dallas resident DeAndre Upshaw said it was "very shocking" when he opened his latest electricity bill.

At least three state lawmakers have written letters to the Public Utility Commission of Texas

At a meeting days before this week's winter storm, Texas grid officials spent scant little time on the impending winter weather.

Oncor said it will stop the controlled outages now that there's increased generation and the demand is stable. The company said the remaining outages are the result of storm damage.

On the menu today: Texas powers down, debt and more debt, government gets in the way of COVID testing, food, and windows.

Texas resident claims power provider Griddy broke price-gouging laws as winter storm knocked out power.

It's called marginal-cost pricing, and it isn't just a red-state problem.

Woman claims power provider is breaking Texas price-gouging law with sky-high charges during state's deep-freeze outages.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has been heavily criticized after last week's winter storm left more than 4 million Texans without power for several days.

Suzanne Russo writes that Texas' power failure after last week's storms was mostly caused by failures in natural gas power plants, not frozen windmills or its inability to pull electricity from other states. In In fact, Texas' lack of interconnection has been a historic strength because it has allowed Texas to experiment with new market structures and build out new power generation and transmission capacity much…

Four board members of Texas' power grid operator announced Tuesday they will be resigning — a week after millions of residents experienced blackouts during a historic winter storm that …

Change is in the air in Texas weather and on the board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. The board members found to be living outside the Lone Star State have all resigned Tuesday....

The market is supposed to set the prices, not political appointees.

Texas allows companies to sell electricity at wholesale prices. When the price of electricity skyrocketed last week, that meant exorbitant bills for many residents who had been trying to save money.

Israel and Leach, acknowledging budget shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are critical of the source of funding for fixes to the power and plumbing problems stemming from the severe winter weather.

Customers of the power supplier Griddy have expressed despair and frustration over bills ranging from $5,000 to $17,000 in the aftermath of one of the worst winter storms to hit the state in recent years.