Texas lawmakers advance eight energy bills; send two for governor’s signature

摘要

Texas lawmakers advanced during the week ending May 14 eight billsrelated to the mid-February storm that shut off power for about 4million customers, with two sent to Gov. Greg Abbot to sign.But none of the eight bills addressed key concerns aroundweatherizing power infrastructure.One of the bills approved for the governor’s signature May 14,House Bill 16, bans the sale of wholesale indexed electricity toresidential consumers, which became a big issue when customers ofthe Griddy retail electricity provider passed on the $9,000/MWhwholesale cost of electricity to customers in the Electric ReliabilityCouncil of Texas.