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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.
Austin Energy
Icy weather knocked more than 400,000 Texas customers offline last week, but all outages were at the local distribution level.
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ERCOT is analyzing information from generators that were forced offline during the December winter storm to better understand why thermal outages were an issue.
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Researchers at Berkeley Lab say growing renewable generation mean it’s likely time to retool the design of financial transmission rights in wholesale markets.
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NextEra Energy's CEO says its internal review of alleged campaign finance law violations is nearly complete as it replaces leadership at its Florida utility.
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The Texas PUC agreed to replace ERCOT’s energy-only market with a performance credit mechanism, sending the proposal to an uncertain fate in the legislature.
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Texas regulators narrowed their focus to the performance credit mechanism but disappointed some by not voting to recommend the market mechanism to lawmakers.
ISO-NE
After a quarter century, there is still no consensus on whether RTO markets and retail choice lead to lower prices.
Supreme Court of Texas
The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pair of lawsuits that could determine whether ERCOT has a right to sovereign immunity from lawsuits.
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Texas is taking its defense of the state's ROFR law to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to review a 2022 ruling by the 5th Circuit.
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ERCOT director Zin Smati resigned after renewable operator Boralex, where he is also a director, acquired ownership in Texas wind farms.
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