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Houston region gets fifth area code — 621; expected to be active by 2025

Posted on October 26, 2023 · The new area code number is expected to accommodate new phone numbers for nine years, according to the commission.

Tags Greater Houston Houston area codes Houston population growth Public Utility Commission of Texas

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Houston will run out of phone numbers by 2025 and will need a new area code

Posted on July 7, 2023 · The new code would serve areas all over Greater Houston.

Tags houston Houston area codes Public Utility Commission of Texas PUC

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Proposition 7 would provide billions in incentives for new power plants in Texas

Mose Buchele, KUT

Posted on November 6, 2023 · Supporters say the creation of the energy fund will bolster the Texas grid. Opponents say it's an unnecessary giveaway to power companies and the gas industry.

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PUCT extends delay in electricity cutoff amid heatwaves, advocates ask for it to extend to September

Posted on July 24, 2023 · Advocates are asking the Public Utility Commission of Texas to extend its moratorium for extreme weather cutoffs until at least September 15 for health reasons as a heatwave continues to bake the state.

Tags AARP Texas moratorium on electric bills Public Utility Commission of Texas Texas Consumer Association

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Houston will run out of phone numbers by 2025 and will need a new area code

Posted on July 7, 2023 · The new code would serve areas all over Greater Houston.

Tags houston Houston area codes Public Utility Commission of Texas PUC

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As Texas legislative session nears end, Republican lawmakers try one last push against renewables

Mose Buchele, KUT

Posted on May 26, 2023 · Proposals considered damaging to Texas’ wind and solar sectors, many of which had been introduced in standalone bills earlier in the session but failed to win enough support to become law, have now been resurrected and added as amendments to a make-or-break piece of legislation to continue the operation of the state's Public Utility Commission.

Tags Public Utility Commission Public Utility Commission of Texas Renewable Energy Renewables solar power sunset bill Texas Legislature Texas power grid wind power

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