Texas: Energy

November 2009
Volume
39
Issue
33
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has adopted amendments to 16 Tex. Admin. Code §25.174, Competitive Renewable Energy Zones. The amendments direct the commission to consider the level of financial commitment by renewable generators for each Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) in determining whether to grant a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN). The amendments address the level of financial commitment that renewable generators must satisfy before the commission will process the CCN applications for transmission facilities to serve certain CREZs previously designated by the commission, and delete language that would be inconsistent with the changes resulting from the amendment. http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/October302009/adopted/16.ECONOMIC%20REGULATION.html#535.