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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 held off on giving its final blessing to $1.37 billion worth of transactions involving Oncor, Sharyland Utilities and Sempra Energy.
The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee’s leadership has canceled the committee’s April 24 meeting because of a “limited number of items to be considered.”
ERCOT staff warned that forward energy markets indicate high prices this summer, which could lead to unexpected increases in credit obligations.
A combined $1.37 billion worth of transactions involving Oncor, Sharyland Utilities and Sempra Energy all but gained regulatory approval from the PUCT.
The American Wind Energy Association annual market report on the wind industry marked off another achievement after the sector grew 8% last year.
ERCOT staff and stakeholders began the process of implementing real-time co-optimization with the first meeting of the Real-Time Co-Optimization Task Force.
The Texas PUC praised ERCOT for its response to criticism over a March cold-weather event that prompted it to ask generators to reschedule planned outages.
ERCOT market participants grilled staff over the grid operator’s requests duriing an early March cold-weather event that did not require emergency actions.
ERCOT's Technical Advisory Committee tabled a request to lower the grid operator’s peaker net margin threshold pending further direction from the Texas PUC.
GCPA will honor former Executive Director Tom Foreman with its 2019 Pat Wood Power Star Award during its spring conference next month.
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