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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas manages the flow of electric power to about 90 percent of the state’s electric load. The nonprofit independent system operator is governed by a board of directors and is subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature.
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The Texas grid operator raised eyebrows in April when it said its load-growth forecasts had ballooned by 40 GW over the previous year. It said it anticipates about 152 GW of new load by 2030.
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ERCOT’s request for must-run alternatives for cost-effective solutions to the congestion problems in San Antonio did not receive any responses by a Dec. 30 deadline, putting the solicitation in serious doubt.
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Texas regulators shelved the market design they once favored, agreeing with staff's recommendation that the performance credit mechanism results in “minimal” additional resource adequacy value.
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ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas says the grid operator’s development of a new reliability standard for the market as “one of [our] more significant” accomplishments.
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ERCOT’s Board of Directors signed off on staff’s recommendation to move forward with executing an RMR contract for CPS Energy’s Braunig Unit 3, deferring a decision on the gas plant’s other two smaller units.
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The Texas PUC's Jimmy Glotfelty will retire from the commission at year's end, leaving the regulatory body two short of a full complement.
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ERCOT stakeholders have approved a pair of protocol changes related to transmission planning as the Texas grid operator continues to grapple with connecting incoming load to its system.
Admin Monitor
ERCOT will recommend that its Board of Directors approve a reliability-must-run contract for one of three aging CPS gas units, set for retirement, to maintain reliability in the San Antonio area.
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Texas officials have released a report that lays out a path for the state to become a “global nuclear energy hub.”
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Texas regulators approved the state’s first utility resiliency plan, a $3 billion proposal from Oncor to bulk up its distribution system over the next four years to better withstand and more quickly recover extreme weather and other events.
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