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.  

The Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff are drafting a rule codifying a process for exemption requests from ERCOT reliability requirements.

Energy analysts provided their opinions on the Spain blackout; bills in the Texas Legislature; and the potential ramifications of a trade war as it relates to large power transformers.

ERCOT stakeholders endorsed a protocol change that creates a process to compensate market participants when a constrained management plan or switching instruction trips a generator that otherwise would have stayed online.

Xcel CEO Bob Frenzel tried to reassure the investment community that the company is better prepared for a trade war and President Trump's tariffs during a first-quarter earnings call.

Rapid demand growth within ERCOT was a major point of discussion at the Gulf Coast Power Association's recent Spring Conference.