November 2, 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.
Calpine
ERCOT Faces State’s Insatiable Demand for Energy
ERCOT is focused on dispatchable resources to meet the ever-increasing demand for energy in Texas.
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ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Dec. 19, 2023
ERCOT staff and the ISO's Market Monitor have set aside their differences and promised to work together in improving the procurement and deployment of ancillary services.
Texas Reliability Entity
Texas RE: Winterization Activities in ‘Good Shape’
The Texas Reliability Entity says ERCOT generators’ winterization efforts are in “pretty good shape” in preparing for a NERC cold-weather standard.
Admin Monitor
Texas Public Utility Commission Briefs: Dec. 14, 2023
ERCOT shared additional details with Texas regulators regarding the Sept. 6 frequency drop that led to emergency operations for the first time since the disastrous 2021 winter storm.
Entergy
Texas Appeals Court Clears Generators of Uri Lawsuits
A Texas appeals court has dismissed wrongful death, personal injury and property damage cases against ERCOT generators for their inability to keep the power on during the 2021 winter storm.
Texas Public Utility Commission
McAdams Honored During Last Texas PUC Meeting
Texas PUC Commissioner Will McAdams has made good on his intention to resign by year’s end, having sat through his last open meeting.
City of Lubbock
LP&L Moves Remaining Customers into ERCOT System
Lubbock Power & Light has completed the migration of more than 107,000 customers into ERCOT, giving them a chance to choose their own electric providers.
Shutterstock
SCOTUS Won’t Take up Texas Appeal of ROFR Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal of a lower court’s ruling that a Texas law giving incumbent transmission companies the first right of refusal to build new transmission lines was unconstitutional.
ERCOT
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Dec. 4, 2023
ERCOT stakeholders have endorsed the grid operator’s proposed ancillary service methodology for 2024, but only after extracting a commitment from staff to bring the proposal back for further review.
Admin Monitor
Texas Public Utility Commission Briefs: Nov. 30, 2023
Texas regulators have delayed approval of a protocol change that would set a controversial state of charge for batteries that one commissioner said is “totally discriminatory.”

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