November 22, 2024

Bill Magness

Overheard at Infocast’s ERCOT Market Summit
The Infocast ERCOT Market Summit brought together nearly 300 industry representatives and policymakers to discuss the Texas grid and challenges it faces.
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Feb. 11, 2020
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness told the Board of Directors the grid operator finished 2019 with a net positive variance of $35.4 million.
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Dec. 10, 2019
ERCOT’s Board of Directors approved price corrections for 21 operating days, dating back to September, that resulted from a series of software errors.
Magness, Walker to Explain ERCOT Reliability to NERC
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness and Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker will attend NERC’s Board of Trustees meeting to discuss the grid operator’s slender reserve margins.
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Oct. 8, 2019
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness briefed the Board of Directors on an upcoming trip to NERC and the work of the Battery Energy Storage Task Force.
ERCOT Survives Another Day in the Roaster
Texas power prices bumped up against the market’s cap as the state registered another day of soaring temperatures and demand.
ERCOT Says Emergency Conditions this Summer ‘Likely’
ERCOT is “much more likely” to deal with “emergency-alert type conditions” this summer given the system’s 7.4% reserve margin, CEO Bill Magness said.
ERCOT CEO: Solar Growth ‘an Interesting Challenge’
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness says utility-scale solar “is the next big thing coming at us from the supply side,” giving the ISO one more challenge to consider.
ERCOT Sets Wind, Monthly Demand Records
ERCOT set a pair of demand records, establishing new marks for wind power and November monthly demand as temperatures dipped in much of Texas.
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More Questions than Answers for FERC, RTOs on Bailout
FERC officials and RTO executives still had more questions than answers this week regarding the Department of Energy’s (DOE) plans for rescuing at risk nuclear and coal plants.

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