Court rules TX kept electric prices too high during 2021 deep freeze

The Texas agency that regulates the state’s power utilities overstepped its bounds and kept power prices too high in the wake of a deadly 2021 deep freeze that led to widespread electricity outages, according to a Texas appeals court ruling on Friday.

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The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) exceeded “limits on its power” by keeping prices at a cap of $9,000 per megawatt hour during the storm, which struck in mid-February two years ago, the Texas 3rd District Court of Appeals in Austin ruled.

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