January 14, 2025

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

NERC
Grid Faces Multiple Risks in Winter Months, NERC Warns
NERC's 2021-2022 Winter Reliability Assessment warns that the bulk power system faces multiple threats, including severe weather and fuel shortages.
Xcel Energy
Twitter Blows up over ERCOT Communications
Twitter users were quick to pounce on ERCOT's quiet release of its winter resource assessment and the resignation of a new board member.
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FERC, NERC Release Final Texas Storm Report
FERC and NERC released their final report on February's winter storms and the resulting mass outages, with recommendations for future preparedness.
Tesla
Tesla Gets OK to Sell Power in Texas
The Texas Public Utility Commission has given a Tesla subsidiary permission to begin selling electricity to retail customers.
Texas Admin Monitor
PUC Spins its Wheels on New ERCOT Market Design
The clock continues to tick on the Texas PUC's self-imposed December deadline for a market redesign, with the regulators no closer to consensus.
Austin Energy
ERCOT Briefs: Week of Nov. 1, 2021
The Texas comptroller says the financial fallout from February’s Winter Storm Uri could be as high as $130 billion, as earlier estimated by the Dallas Fed.
OG&E
Vistra Recovering from Winter Storm’s Costs
Vistra continued its recovery from Winter Storm Uri with a solid third quarter, and it already has begun to look toward future investments.
Blade Energy Partners/CPUC
California PUC Approves More Gas at Aliso Canyon
Worried about reliability, the California PUC voted to increase the volume of natural gas stored at Aliso Canyon, site of a massive methane leak in 2015.
Texas Admin Monitor
Texas Regulators Boost Southern Cross Project
Texas regulators are seriously looking at a merchant long-haul HVDC transmission line that would connect ERCOT with systems in the SERC Reliability region.
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Three More Directors Added to ERCOT Board
The Texas Public Utility Commission said that former U.S. Rep. Bill Flores (R) and two others had been selected to be directors on ERCOT’s board.

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