Background - Agenda Setting Issue: 2021 Texas power crisis.
Bills passed in the 87th Session:
- SB2: Relating to the governance of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Office of Public Utility Counsel, and an independent organization certified to manage a power region.
- SB3: Relating to preparing for, preventing, and responding to weather emergencies and power outages; increasing the amount of administrative and civil penalties.
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Bills introduced in the 88th Session:
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History:
- How Edison, Tesla, And Other Visionaries Invented The Modern Grid.
- TSHA: Electrical Power.
- The History of Texas Electricity.
- From the Texas Tribune: Why does Texas have its own power grid?
- From the Comptroller of Public Accounts: Texas’ Electricity Resources.
Some explainers:
- How Does the U.S. Power Grid Work?
Existing power grids:
- Texas Interconnection.
- North American power transmission grid.
- Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
Regulation of the state's electric market - in addition to other utilities.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas.
