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On Jan. 23, San Antonio's CPS Energy Board of Trustees approved a plan to retire the utility’s last remaining coal plant by 2028. This follows decades of outcry about Spruce.

On Wednesday, Sierra Club intervened in Xcel Energy’s recent rate case to support retiring the Texas-based Tolk coal plant ahead of schedule. The case will be overseen by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) and is the first step in...

On Jan. 19, all five commissioners of the Public Utility Commission of Texas gave initial approval to redesign the state’s electricity market based on the brand new Performance Credit Mechanism concept.

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: Your vote counts! This truth is crystal clear when it comes to local elections, just like the runoff that recently happened in Corpus Christi.

Austin City Council voted Dec. 8 to again raise rates for Austin Energy customers, approving a modified version of the utility’s proposal. With a 7-4 vote, council members approved nearly all of the revenue increase that the utility had requested.

Get those presents bought and wrapped cause on January 10th, it’s deja vu all over again. That’s right, the 88th Texas Legislative Session begins with a whole new batch of bills - some good, some bad, and some outright ugly.

If you don't live in Corpus Christi, you may not have heard the good news from election night. Coastal Bend Sierra Club Chair Jim Klein has won a seat on Corpus Christi City Council!

When most people’s attention turns to holiday merriment, my attention has been diverted to the potential for major changes to our electric grid and the agency that regulates utilities (okay, and the World Cup).

Despite the volatility of fracked gas already causing unaffordable consumer prices across the state, the Public Utility Commission on Thursday paved the way for yet another gas plant in Southeast Texas.