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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.
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Paul Foster, who chaired ERCOT’s first Board of Directors under new rules established in the aftermath of 2021’s disastrous winter storm, announced he is stepping down.
Xcel Energy
The Texas Supreme Court ruled ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission were within the law when they raised wholesale prices to more than 300 times above normal during Winter Storm Uri.
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Several renewable energy developers oppose ERCOT stakeholders’ approval of a controversial rule change that would impose voltage ride-through requirements on IBRs.
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ERCOT stakeholders and staff came to an agreement on a rule change that imposes voltage ride-through requirements on IBRs.
Vistra
Vistra says it plans to add nearly 2 GW of gas-fired capacity to the ERCOT grid over the next year and seek loans through the Texas Energy Fund.
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ERCOT hired Keith Collins, who directs SPP’s Market Monitoring Unit, as its new vice president of market operations to replace Kenan Ögelman.
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ERCOT stakeholders plumbed the depths of Robert’s Rules of Order and amended motions before endorsing a rule change that allows the grid operator to manually release contingency reserve service from economically dispatched resources after repeated violations of the system power balance constraint.
ERCOT
ERCOT’s latest capacity, demand and reserves report projects summer peak demand will increase to more than 97 GW by 2034.
Admin Monitor
CenterPoint Energy says it has reduced the number of outages following May 16's devastating derecho from 922,000 to nearly 15,000.
Texas RE
The Texas Reliability Entity says its latest regional assessment indicates weatherization activities since the disastrous February 2021 winter storm have paid off.
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