Plan to move Lubbock electric customers could have statewide ramifications

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A state panel will decide the fate of a plan by Lubbock city officials to move nearly three-quarters of its electricity customers to a grid powered by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
The move would shift 70 percent of Lubbock Power and Light’s customers from the current Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) system to ERCOT, which already serves more than 90 percent of the state.
Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope at a Public Utility Commission hearing in Au