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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.
The summer season may have officially begun, but ERCOT has already set three new marks for all-time peak demand this year.
ERCOT asked the Texas Supreme Court to find that it is entitled to immunity as a governmental agency and reject a five-year-old lawsuit by a power developer.
Sweltering heat has helped ERCOT finally set a new all-time peak demand mark after several close calls during the preceding week.
ERCOT has issued its third operating condition notice since April, warning of extreme, hot temperatures in several of its weather zones this weekend.
ERCOT's record peak of 74.8 GW could be broken this week as above-normal temperatures continue to bake Texas.
In its State of the Market report, ERCOT's Market Monitor said the grid operator's conservative operations approach undermines the energy-only market’s design.
Stakeholders and staff are continuing to drive to consensus over ERCOT's methodology for approving and denying planned generation maintenance outages.
ERCOT has again issued an operating condition notice because of summer-like temperatures expected this weekend after a recent cold front.
At the Texas RE Board of Directors meeting,
former ERCOT CEO Bob Kahn called for lawmakers to focus on reliability as they work on changes to the markets.
FERC commissioners expressed alarm over forecasts of potential supply shortfalls this summer in the West, ERCOT, MISO and SPP.
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