October 3, 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 Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: July 24, 2019
ERCOT stakeholders endorsed the first batch of key principles that will lay the foundation for implementation of real-time co-optimization in the market.
ERCOT Asks PUC to Dismiss Trader’s Complaint
ERCOT asked Texas regulators to dismiss a complaint by Aspire Commodities seeking to make generators repay the market an estimated $18 million.
Texas PUC Meeting Briefs: July 18, 2019
The Texas PUC postponed action on improvements to ERCOT’s day-ahead market, citing potential delays to implementing real-time co-optimization.
ERCOT Briefs: Week of July 8, 2019
ERCOT staff and stakeholders are preparing to bring a first set of real-time co-optimization policy principles to the Technical Advisory Committee.
Counterflow: Scary Wrong
Columnist Steve Huntoon criticizes a recent NRDC op-ed that denounces PJM for seemingly favoring natural gas-fired plants over renewable resources.
SPS, Entergy File to Pull ROFR Appeal
Entergy, SPS and TIEC have asked to dismiss their appeal of a PUC of Texas order negating an incumbent utility’s right-of-first-refusal.
Overheard at TREIA GridNEXT 2019
Grid safety and security were the focus of the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Alliance’s annual GridNEXT conference in San Antonio.
ERCOT Real-time Co-optimization Falls into Place
Real-time co-optimization in ERCOT took another step toward become reality following a discussion between Texas regulators and grid operator staff.
ERCOT Working to Set Cyber Incident Processes
ERCOT is seeking more time to hash out the details around an NPRR that would establish notification responsibilities during cybersecurity incidents.
State Climate Policy Trumps Federal, Public Utilities Say
The EPA's relaxed emission rules for coal-fired generation is almost irrelevant to some of the country's largest public power companies.

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