HB 3749 by Rep. Eddie Lucio III
House State Affairs – Relating to the provision of electric service during extreme weather conditions.
Starts at 5:03:52
Potential Solutions for Legislative Consideration
TCPA proposed potential solutions to the Committee on House State Affairs on April 20th. These solutions address the need for certain types of generation to increase reliability without regulating portions of generation at a high cost to consumers with no increase in guaranteed reliability.
A Roadmap for Reliability in ERCOT
TCPA member companies have a plan for improving reliability in the ERCOT market that maintains the competitive market structure.
SB 3 by Charles Schwertner
Senate Committee on Jurisprudence – Relating to preparing for, preventing, and responding to weather emergencies, power outages, and other disasters.
Starts at 48:34
HB 14 by Craig Goldman
House Energy Resources – Relating to the creation of the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Mapping Committee.
Starts at 19:09
HB 11 by Chris Paddie
House State Affairs – Relating to the extreme weather emergency preparedness of facilities for providing electric service.
Starts at 2:57:29
HB 13 by Chris Paddie
House State Affairs – Relating to the establishment of the Texas Energy Disaster Reliability Council.
Starts at 4:47:15
Texas Competitive Power Advocates (TCPA) Recommendations to Prevent Future Outage Events Like February 2021
TCPA is committed to working with state leadership, industry regulators and stakeholders who have a vested interest in mitigating the risks associated with extreme weather events. The events of the week of February 14 resulted from many factors, including loss of generating resources across all fuel types.
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Recommendations to Prevent Future Outage Events Like February 2021
TCPA is committed to working with state leadership, industry regulators and stakeholders who have a vested interest in mitigating the risks associated with extreme weather events. The events of the week of February 14 resulted from many factors, including loss of generating resources across all fuel types.
