ERCOT

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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Texas RE’s Albright Hopes to Learn from Iberian Outage
Texas Reliability Entity CEO Jim Albright sees similarities between the issues facing the U.S. and European grid and hopes to learn from the recent Iberian Peninsula outage.
Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Drafting Reliability Exemption Rule for ERCOT
The Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff are drafting a rule codifying a process for exemption requests from ERCOT reliability requirements.
ERCOT
Stakeholder Soapbox: The Unseen Costs of Subsidized Solar
Energy industry insider Doug Sheridan says subsidized solar may look economically attractive today, but its distortive impacts on energy markets tell a different story.
AEP
AEP to Meet Load Growth with More Infrastructure
AEP tells financial analysts that load growth, driven by commercial customers in its service territory, presents opportunities to invest in “critically needed” infrastructure.
ERCOT
ERCOT’s TAC Endorses Congestion Management Plan
ERCOT stakeholders endorsed a protocol change that creates a process to compensate market participants when a constrained management plan or switching instruction trips a generator that otherwise would have stayed online.
Xcel Energy
Xcel ‘Optimistic’ It Will Handle Tariffs, Trade War
Xcel CEO Bob Frenzel tried to reassure the investment community that the company is better prepared for a trade war and President Trump's tariffs during a first-quarter earnings call.
Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Approves 765-kV Transmission Option for Permian Basin
The Texas Public Utility Commission approved a plan that allows ERCOT to authorize the region’s first extra-high-voltage transmission lines and meet the petroleum-rich Permian Basin’s rapidly growing power needs. 
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Load Growth Dominates Discussions at GCPA’s Spring Conference
Rapid demand growth within ERCOT was a major point of discussion at the Gulf Coast Power Association's recent Spring Conference.
Texas RE
Texas RE Endorses 6.4% Budget Increase for 2026
The Texas Reliability Entity’s Member Representatives Committee has unanimously approved the entity’s 2026 budget and business plan that is within 1% of previous projections, but at 6.4% increase over 2025.
ERCOT
PUC Staff Urges Approval of 765-kV Lines to West Texas
The Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff has recommended the commission approve the construction of three 765-kV transmission lines, rather than 345-kV, into the petroleum-rich Permian Basin to improve the region’s reliability.

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