Phelan Introducing Bills On Power Grid

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, of Beaumont, is unveiling a series of bills meant to reform

the state's power grid. One bill will let the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and House Speaker

appoint previously unaffiliated Electric Reliability Council of Texas board members and add an

ERCOT board member focused on consumer interests. There are also bills requiring

winterization of power plants and natural gas infrastructure. A separate bill would ban variable

rate utilities like Griddy. Griddy customers have complained about sky-high bills followings last

month's winter storms. ERCOT removed the company, which bases rates on wholesale energy

prices, from the Texas market days later.


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