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.

The Gulf Coast Power Association again reported a record attendance for its annual Fall Conference and discussions on the industry’s future, emerging grid technologies and Texas’ 2025 legislative session.

The Texas Public Utility Commission made a rare trip out of Austin for a public hearing as it investigates CenterPoint Energy’s poor response to Hurricane Beryl in July.

Thomas Gleeson, chair of Texas’ Public Utility Commission, spoke at the Texas Clean Energy summit about the challenges he has faced during his tenure.

Texas regulators have approved ERCOT’s reliability plan for the petroleum-rich Permian Basin that could rely on the state’s first use of 765-kV transmission facilities.

ERCOT says its Board Selection Committee has designated Bill Flores and Peggy Heeg as the Board of Directors’ respective chair and vice chair.

ERCOT stakeholders have endorsed changes to the grid operator's ancillary services methodology as part of the annual process to determine the minimum amount of products that will be procured in 2025.

Texas regulators are narrowing in on a reliability plan for what one said will be a “monumental infrastructure buildout” and could include 765-kV transmission to meet growing petroleum and data center demand in West Texas.

ERCOT has set a December 2025 target go-live date for its real-time co-optimization project, which is expected to add millions in savings to its market.