Shelly Botkin, the Public Utility Commission of Texas' newest member, has hardly followed a conventional path to becoming a utility regulator.

ERCOT told the Public Utility Commission of Texas that it will produce “higher quality estimates” for CenterPoint Energy's proposed transmission project.

ERCOT market participants shared their thoughts with the PUCT on how to address the market’s lack of scarcity pricing and slim reserve margins.

The Texas Renewable Energy Industries Alliance’s (TREIA) 2018 GridNEXT Conference attracted a devoted group of renewable energy developers and marketers.

The current ERCOT market design “will support more than sufficient reserve margins,” according to a draft report the grid operator filed with the Texas PUC.

The 33rd Annual GCPA Fall Conference attracted more than 640 registered attendees to Austin, Texas, for discussions on the issues facing the ERCOT market.

The PUCT signaled its discomfort with the rising costs of CenterPoint Energy’s planned 345-kV transmission line to serve load in the Freeport area.

The PUC of Texas (PUCT) approved the Oncor application for a certificate of convenience and necessity to begin work on its Far West Texas Project.

Infocast’s Texas Renewable Energy Summit attracted developers, potential off-takers and other industry insiders to the state’s capital.

The PUCT issued requests for comments on real-time co-optimization and incorporating marginal losses into dispatch decisions.