January 6, 2025

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

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Texas Now Wants to be No. 1 in Nuclear Power
Texas officials have released a report that lays out a path for the state to become a “global nuclear energy hub.”  
Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Approves 1st System Resiliency Plan
Texas regulators approved the state’s first utility resiliency plan, a $3 billion proposal from Oncor to bulk up its distribution system over the next four years to better withstand and more quickly recover extreme weather and other events.
Matt Weldon
AEP CEO: Transmission Provides Foundation for Growth
Newly minted American Electric Power CEO Bill Fehrman is promising to “embrace large load opportunities,” leverage its expertise in 765-kV transmission and deliver more positive regulatory outcomes.
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Former ERCOT Market Monitor Joins SPP’s MMU
Former ERCOT Monitor Carrie Bivens has been named vice president of SPP’s Market Monitoring Unit, replacing her predecessor after he took an executive position with the Texas grid operator.
Admin Monitor
Texas Public Utility Commission Briefs: Oct. 24, 2024
The Texas Public Utility Commission has postponed action on Oncor Electric Delivery’s resiliency plan, the first from a state utility under new legislation.
ACEG
ACEG Report Checks in on Regional Planning After Order 1920
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid released an update to its transmission planning report card. It includes recent policy changes from transmission planning regions, including Order 1920 compliance efforts.
Pattern Energy
ERCOT, PUC Adamant: Southern Spirit Doesn’t Interconnect Texas
ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission have both knocked down recent media claims that a proposed HVDC transmission link between Texas and its Louisiana and Mississippi neighbors will bring the state’s grid under FERC jurisdiction.
ERCOT
ERCOT, CPS Energy Negotiating RMR, MRA Options for Retiring Units
ERCOT staff and CPS Energy continue to work “very closely” in negotiating reliability must-run contracts for three aging coal-fired units the grid operator says are necessary for reliability.
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ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Oct. 9-10, 2024
Although Texas recorded its sixth-hottest summer on record, ERCOT failed to set a new mark for peak demand despite loads similar to last year’s record.
Texas Senate
Texas Lawmakers Pile on $5B Fund’s Controversy
Texas lawmakers charged with overseeing the state’s $5 billion fund for new gas-fired generation have taken aim at the consulting firm managing the Texas Energy Fund.

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