ERCOT has delayed the return of in-person stakeholder meetings until 2022, citing recent increases of cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant and the grid operator’s upcoming move to a new headquarters facility in Austin, Texas.

The grid operator said it expects to resume in-person gatherings with the Technical Advisory Committee’s meeting Jan. 26. The TAC get-together is scheduled to be held in ERCOT’s new facilities in the MetCenter business park.

In a market notice sent to members and market participants last week, ERCOT said it had determined “that it is prudent and reasonable to delay resumption of in-person stakeholder meetings.”

ERCOT had planned to resume in-person meetings in September.