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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 Texas PUC approved a timeline for winding down its COVID-19 pandemic relief program, while the state escaped significant damage from Hurricane Laura.
Hurricane Laura’s impending landfall along the Gulf Coast has MISO, Entergy, SPP and ERCOT bracing for grid impacts.
Renewable energy’s proliferation has played a key role in helping ERCOT meet demand, but is also beginning to cause transmission constraints.
The Texas PUC approved ending a moratorium on retail customers’ cutoffs for nonpayment because of the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of September.
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness told the board that load has begun to return to pre-COVID-19 levels, as evidenced by energy usage in June and July.
CenterPoint Energy CEO David Lesar told financial analysts the company will "simplify the story" as it attempts to overcome recent bad news.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved virtual meetings for ERCOT's board and heard a report on recovery from Hurricane Hanna.
ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee approved a standard contract term for emergency response service and some energy storage to use internal sensors.
Entergy reported second-quarter earnings of $361 million ($1.79/share), bettering 2019’s second-quarter performance of $236 million ($1.22/share).
FERC approved a market power mitigation plan for an investment fund’s $4.3B purchase of El Paso Electric and rejected rehearing requests challenging its approval.
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