On Tuesday, four ERCOT board members including Chair Sally Talberg and Vice Chair Peter Cramton, resigned from their positions. Meanwhile, Lubbock is still on schedule to join the power grid system this summer.
Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) is aware of statewide media reports regarding unusually high electric bills due to the winter storm. Due to how LP&L rates are structured and approved by the Lubbock City Council, LP&L customers are not subject to the short-term fluctuations in electric rates referenced
Gov. Greg Abbott said he and other state leaders are working fast to find solutions for homeowners and renters facing steep electricity bills after a winter storm left many Texans without power for days.
The decision to pursue integration in ERCOT was made due to benefits the ERCOT market could provide to our customers that could not be achieved if we were to remain in the Southwest Power Pool.
We are less than four months out from Lubbock Power & Light flipping the switch and joining the Electric Reliability Council of Texas [ERCOT]. The city has spent years updating its infrastructure in preparation and has already spent $200 million so far.
Lubbock Power & Light will join the Electric Reliability Council of Texas grid on June 1, 2021. Ahead of the move to ERCOT, LP&L is in the midst of a $300 million project to build the lines to connect to the grid and improve the city’s infrastructure.
The summer of 2018 has caused a record demand for energy across Texas and the grid managing about 90 percent of the state's power will add Lubbock's demand in a few years.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has set the path for the successful entry of Lubbock Power & Light to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
Lubbock will take another step towards switching the majority of its customers to the ERCOT power grid on Thursday night, if city council approves terms of admittance the city expects to propose to the Public Utility Commission.
Lubbock Power & Light has initiated the formal application process to join the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. This comes after LP&L submitted an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, focusing on the impacts of LP&L disconnecting from the Southwest Power Pool and connecting instead to the the ERCOT system. This filing follows 2 years of extensive research by many different stakeholders on whether or not the City of Lubbock sh...
LP&L is facing a June 2019 deadline to leave Xcel Energy and switch over to the ERCOT power grid, but what will it mean for customers when that contract expires?
While the Electric Utilities Board says this proposal could save LP&L $20 million per year, it caused concern for Lubbock County Commissioners at their budget hearing Wednesday.
th EUB members and council using phrases like "historic meeting" and "huge for Lubbock" the Lubbock City Council and Lubbock Power & Light's Electric Utility Board met Thursday afternoon to announce Lubbock's strategy for providing power for 2019 and after.
The Public Utility Commission today authorized the Electric Reliability Council of Texas known as ERCOT, the power grid that that serves 90% of Texas, to explore a relationship with the city of Lubbock.
