KVUE 3/9/2021
Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday night that the correction of any billing errors related to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is an emergency item for the 87th Legislature. The emergency item includes any inaccurate excessive charges and any issues regarding ancillary service prices.
Lawmakers may now bring this issue up before Friday, March 12, the end of the first 60 days of the legislative session.
On March 5, The Texas Tribune reported that the Public Utilities Council of Texas (PUC) had the opportunity to eliminate some of the $16 billion that ERCOT erroneously overcharged power companies during February's winter storms, but the PUC board chose not to.
PUC Chair Arthur D'Andrea said that some Texas electricity customers could have benefited from a decision to readjust the electricity market prices for the week of the storms, but others could have been harmed by such a decision.
More:
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/texas-legislature/abbott-ercot-billing-error-correction-emergency-item/269-8775d2b8-7b30-42a5-b11a-1ef44613d7e0
