Even as Texas was setting another in a string of records in wind production in 2012, industry insiders were aware that time was running out on the wind energy boom. […]
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Wind Industry’s Desperate Move to Retain Federal Subsidies
The wind power industry is so desperate to maintain its lifeline of federal subsidies that it has put forth a plan to phase out the wind energy tax credit in […]
Texas Electricity: 2013 Outlook Improves
ERCOT, the agency responsible for maintaining the Texas electricity grid, has updated its 2013 forecast of supply and demand for electricity in the state. The new outlook still shows […]
A New Fee On The Electric Bill of Dallas / Fort Worth Customers
If you live in the Oncor area, which is largely the D/FW area, you may have already began seeing a new charge on your electricity bill. Oncor Electric Utility, the […]
Texas Electricity Rates Going Up – Again
In a move that was perhaps inevitable, the Texas Public Utility Commission has voted to double the current wholesale electricity price cap in Texas from the current ,500 per megawatt […]
Water And Energy: A Double Dilemma In Texas
Recently industry analysts have coined to the term Water-Energy Nexus to describe the important relationship between energy and water. Just about every method of producing energy requires a surprising amount […]
Was The Dallas Earthquake Caused By Natural Gas Fracking?
According to a scientist with the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics, the magnitude 3.4 earthquake and related aftershocks felt in the Dallas area on Saturday, September 29th, […]
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