Public Utility Commission of Texas

https://www.puc.texas.gov/

Last activity: 01.09.2026

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The PUC of Texas exists to protect customers, foster competition & promote quality infrastructure.

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Location

United States, Texas, Austin

Employees

51-200

Phone

+1 888-782-8477

Founded date

1975

Mentions in press and media 19

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Jul 3, 2026	Rural Americans say they're worried AI data centers will drain their wallets	AI data center developers love rural America. The feeling, though, isn't mutual. Americans living in rural areas are more concerned about the effects of AI data centers in their communities than their urban or suburban counterparts, accordi...
Dec 17, 2025	CenterPoint and partners launch AI initiative to stabilize the power grid	Houston-based utility company CenterPoint Energy is one of the founding partners of a new AI infrastructure initiative called Chain Reaction. Software companies NVIDIA and Palantir have joined CenterPoint in forming Chain Reaction, which is...
Jan 14, 2025	Houston ranked among top 10 destinations for movers in 2024, report says	Houston remains popular as one of the top 10 metropolitan areas for people on the move in 2024, according to U-Haul's Top U.S. Growth Metros and Cities report. Houston ranked No. 9 in 2024, which is a big jump for the metro after the suburb...
Dec 3, 2024	Navigating the Crypto Landscape: Innovations and Regulations Shaping the Future	The world of cryptocurrency is like a wild river, constantly shifting and evolving. As we approach 2025, two significant currents are shaping this landscape: innovative wallet technologies and evolving regulations. These forces are not just...
Dec 2, 2024	Plus Wallet’s Cross-Chain Innovation Shines, While Texas Adjusts Mining Policies & Coinbase Goes Global	This week heralds significant developments in crypto regulations and wallet functionalities aimed at enhancing the reliability and usability of cryptocurrencies for users. In Texas, new regulations now require crypto miners utilizing the ER...
Jan 12, 2024	Governor Abbott Provides Update On State Response Ahead Of Severe Winter Weather	TEXAS, January 12 - January 12, 2024 \| Austin, Texas \| Press Release Governor Greg Abbott today provided an update on the State of Texas’ response to severe winter weather conditions expected to impact large portions of Texas this weekend i...
Dec 1, 2021	PUC Adopts Rules for Coordination between Gas and Electric Industry	Public Utility Commission of Texas 1701 N. Congress, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, TX 78711-3326 Fax 512-936-7003 News Release Contact: Mike Hoke November 30, 2021 [email protected] PUC Adopts Rules for Coordination between Gas and Electric Ind...
Mar 8, 2021	Tesla is making a giant battery to plug into the Texas power grid, and it could store enough energy for 20,000 homes	Tesla is building a giant 100-megawatt battery to plug into Texas' power grid, Bloomberg first reported. The project in Angleton, Brazoria County, would aim to help stabilize the area's energy supply. In February, devastating blackouts left...
Mar 3, 2021	JUST ENERGY GROUP INC. Just Energy Files Petition with the Public Utility Commission of Texas for Relief from ERCOT Settlements Related to the Texas Extreme Weather Event	TORONTO, March 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just Energy Group Inc. (“Just Energy” or the “Company”) (TSX:JE; NYSE:JE), a retail energy provider specializing in electricity and natural gas commodities and bringing energy efficient solutions ...
Mar 2, 2021	Texas Grid Failure: Why More Heads Need To Roll
Feb 26, 2021	$9,000 power bill during Texas blackout prompts class-action lawsuit	A Texas woman who was hit with a $9,000 power bill this month has sued her electricity provider for price gouging in a case that highlights the risks some consumers face in the state's deregulated energy market. The suit is the first of its...
Feb 23, 2021	How The Shale Revolution Helped Create The Conditions For The Texas Blackouts	Natural gas did not cause the recent Texas power blackouts. That’s a fallacious narrative being pushed out to parts of the news media right now, one that is not backed up by the available data. Here’s a good illustration:
Feb 18, 2021	While Houston Has Problems, a Touchdown on Mars	Journalists covering the Texas electrical system as well as the lobbyists who created it enjoy calling it a “deregulated” power market. But consumers who study the system will quickly realize that we are not witnessing free enterprise at wo...
Feb 17, 2021	Texas deep freeze causes the cost of a full charge of Tesla electric car to rise from $18 to $900	The state of Texas is facing a humanitarian crisis as over 3.4 million Texans are left without power due to arctic weather that continues to hammer the state. The frigid freezing weather has caused wind turbines to freeze reducing their pow...
Feb 15, 2021	Frozen wind turbines cause blackouts and leave more than 1 million Texans without power as generation capacity reduced to 50%	Last week, we covered the story of Germany’s ‘green’ energy failure as the country turned to ‘dirty’ coal and natural gas after millions of its solar panels are blanketed in snow and ice. As the bitter cold and snow sweep across western Eur...
Jul 10, 2020	For Poor Americans, Heat Wave Will Cause Painful Spike In Utility Bills	In the United States, this summer has already proved unusually hot. Now a long-lasting and potentially record-setting heat wave is expected to settle over much of the southwestern U.S. this weekend before spreading to the rest of the countr...
Feb 14, 2017	El Paso Electric’s 2017 rate case asks to discriminate against solar customers	Another utility, using the false “cost-shift” argument, wants to put solar customers in a special class to hit them with additional fees that won’t affect other customers. Yesterday, El Paso Electric Co. (EPE), which serves approximately 40...
	Bitcoin miners say they’re helping to fix the broken Texas electric grid — and Ted Cruz agrees	The Texas power grid is struggling, and Republican Senator Ted Cruz thinks bitcoin has the power to fix it. The grid is called ERCOT – short for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which is the organization tasked with operating it. ...

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When was Public Utility Commission of Texas founded?

Public Utility Commission of Texas was founded in 1975.

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Parsers VC has collected 19 articles mentioning Public Utility Commission of Texas, among them “Rural Americans say they're worried AI data centers will drain their wallets” (Jul 3, 2026) and “CenterPoint and partners launch AI initiative to stabilize the power grid” (Dec 17, 2025).

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Public Utility Commission of Texas is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 1, 2026.