Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
ERCOT already operates a power system as large as those in several European countries, but demand growth is expected to bring it up to the level of PJM and MISO, which has the industry considering building a new system of 765-kV lines to transmit power around Texas.
Industry stakeholders gathered in Austin to discuss and share opinions on the unprecedented expansion of energy demand facing the Lone Star State.
ERCOT stakeholders have begun discussions on a pair of protocol revision requests related to the grid operator’s real-time co-optimization and battery project, set to go live in December.
ERCOT’s Board of Directors has approved staff’s recommendation to pursue the use of 15 mobile generators as an alternative to extending the life of two aging gas units slated for retirement in South Texas.
The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments from distribution utilities seeking to dismiss what may be the final lawsuit stemming from February 2021's Winter Storm Uri.
ERCOT wants to use CenterPoint Energy's leased mobile generators to temporarily resolve reliability issues in the San Antonio area.
ERCOT set a new peak for winter demand peak, with record production from batteries and near-record production from solar resources playing a key role.
Two energy companies have withdrawn projects from the Texas Energy Fund, citing equipment procurement constraints that will keep them from meeting a December 2025 deadline.
ERCOT released its semiannual but delayed Capacity, Demand and Reserves report that provides potential future planning reserve margins five years into the future that some say are "scary."
ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas says the grid operator’s proposal to build more than $30 billion of extra-high-voltage transmission infrastructure is part of a “new era in planning” and just an incremental step from its normal practices.
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