Texas Public Utility Commission names interim head
Kathleen Jackson, a member of the Texas Public Utility Commission, will serve as interim head of the electricity and water regulator until a permanent chairman is appointed, Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday.Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kathleen Jackson will
of the electricity and water regulator until a permanent chairman is appointed, Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday., but agreed to serve on the commission through the end of the month. Jackson was appointed to the commission in August 2022. The Beaumont resident, an engineer, had previously served on the state’s Water Development Board and is a member of the Texas Farm Bureau. She was among the commissioners appointed to the PUC in the wake of an unprecedented winter storm that knocked out much of the state’s electric grid in February 2021, resulting in millions of outages and hundreds of deaths across Texas.
In the session following the big winter freeze, the legislature directed the PUC to research and potentially implement a redesign plan for the state's electricity market in hopes of boosting the grid’s reliability. Lake’s commission did put forward a plan this year, but lawmakers made significant changes to that plan in the most recent legislative session.
Jackson takes over as the PUC decides if it wants to move forward with the legislature’s amended market redesign, or if it will go back to the drawing board.
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