Texas regulators proposed new rules on large load forecasting criteria and net metering following the state’s recent biennial legislative session and opened them up to public comment.

Texas regulators have approved Entergy Texas’ request to build two natural gas-powered units in MISO’s portion of the state, but they have limited the construction costs eligible for recovery to a combined $2.4 billion.

ERCOT stakeholders at the Infocast Texas Clean Energy Summit discussed tariff trade wars, supply chain issues, data centers and the latest biennial legislative session in Texas that concluded with Senate Bill 6.

ERCOT stakeholders, while raising concerns over the grid operator’s use of conservative operations, have endorsed staff’s recommendations for computing minimum ancillary service quantities for 2026.

Texas regulators have selected the first four projects eligible for more than $240 million in grants outside the ERCOT region as part of the state’s Texas Energy Fund.

NRG Energy closed on a $216 million loan from the Texas Energy Fund that will help it build 456 MW of gas-fired capacity at an existing power plant.

Texas regulators have approved two more system resiliency plans for state utilities with a focus on wildfire mitigation, following up on a requirement from the 2023 legislative session.

The Texas Public Utility Commission executed the first loan agreement under the state’s low-interest energy fund to the Kerrville Public Utility Board for a 122-MW natural gas plant.

Tenaska Power Services and the Texas Public Utility Commission have reached settlementin which the company will pay a $353,500 penalty and disgorge $28.24 million in excess revenue made in the ERCOT market

Another Texas legislative session has ended with renewable resources and batteries having survived potentially damaging legislation that did not make it to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.