November 5, 2024

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.
ERCOT
ERCOT Finds 345-kV Solution for Valley Constraints
ERCOT is recommending a 351-mile, 345-kV transmission line in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, a region identified as in urgent need of more capacity.
NERC
NERC-ERCOT Report Reviews Texas Solar Issues
A new report from NERC and ERCOT highlights a number of failings among solar plants in Texas revealed by a voltage reduction incident in early May.
Pattern Energy
Texas PUC Considers Adding Grid Interconnections
Responding to February’s devastating winter storm, Texas regulators consider ways to add ties to neighboring grids without triggering FERC oversight.
Broad Reach Power
ERCOT: Sufficient Capacity to Meet Fall Demand
ERCOT's final resource adequacy assessment for the fall indicates it has sufficient installed generating capacity to meet peak demand under extreme conditions.
Texas Admin Monitor
PUC Workshop Takes First Stab at Market Changes
Texas regulators discussed with ERCOT market participants potential changes to an energy market that has been virtually untouched for almost 20 years.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Aug. 27, 2021
ERCOT staff says they plan to continue in 2022 their conservative operations approach of setting aside additional reserves by procuring ancillary services.
Texas Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Hearings Begin on $2.9B ERCOT Securitization
The Texas PUC began hearings over ERCOT's request for a pair of debt-obligation orders to finance $2.9 billion incurred during the February winter storm.
LoopNet
ERCOT Delays In-person Meetings Until 2022
ERCOT has delayed the return of in-person stakeholder meetings until 2022, citing recent increases of COVID-19 Delta variant cases and its move to a new HQ.
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GCPA Fall Conference Back to Virtual Format
The Gulf Coast Power Association will revert to a virtual format for its annual fall conference as COVID cases and hospitalizations increase.
Texas PUC
Texas PUC Faces Sticky Issue in Setting Weather Rules
Texas regulators are grappling with writing weather preparedness measures for generators and transmission service providers as required by state law.

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