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.
Tenaska Power Services and the Texas Public Utility Commission have reached settlementin which the company will pay a $353,500 penalty and disgorge $28.24 million in excess revenue made in the ERCOT market
Another Texas legislative session has ended with renewable resources and batteries having survived potentially damaging legislation that did not make it to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.
The Texas Reliability Entity has added key risks related to artificial intelligence and large loads as part of its annual reliability and regional risk assessment of the ERCOT grid.
Energy storage resources and solar capacity helped reduce ancillary services costs and tight system conditions in the ERCOT market during 2024, according to a recent market report.
ERCOT has told Texas regulators that it has reached an agreement with LifeCycle Power that clears the way for 15 mobile generators to be relocated from Houston to San Antonio to provide additional capacity.
ERCOT stakeholders advanced a protocol change that provides longer-duration ancillary services and state-of-charge parameters, among several other voting items, during their last TAC meeting.
The Texas Public Utility Commission has begun accepting applications for up to $1 billion in grants under one of the four Texas Energy Fund programs it administers.
ERCOT's blossoming clean energy sector has been threatened by bills that would dampen its growth and future investment, but many of those laws appear to have fallen by the wayside in the Texas legislature's closing days.
Rapid growth in battery energy storage systems in ERCOT has resulted in a “significantly lower” probability for an energy emergency alert this summer, according to the Texas Reliability Entity.