January 29, 2025

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

Overheard at GTM’s Energy Storage Summit 2019
Storage industry and assorted regulators, financiers, and utility and RTO representatives gathered for the GreenTech Media Energy Storage Summit 2019.
ERCOT’s Reserve Margin Climbs to 10.6% in 2020
ERCOT will likely welcome back double-digit reserve margins next year and well into the decade, according to the grid operator’s latest CDR report.
Enviros, States Question Coal Self-commitments
Two environmental groups that say regulated utilities’ practice of self-committing coal plants is costing ratepayers have a point, RTO officials said.
New PJM CEO Defends Direct Energy Stewardship
While Manu Asthana's appointment as CEO brings hope to stakeholders left shaken by PJM’s exodus of leadership, one group finds the choice unsettling.
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Nov. 20, 2019
ERCOT told the Technical Advisory Committee it will be improving market pricing processes as they bring price-correction issues to the Board of Directors.
FERC Staff Explore Barriers to Grid-enhancing Tech
Representatives from utilities, RTOs and technology vendors gathered at FERC headquarters for a workshop to discuss the role of grid-enhancing technologies.
ERCOT Expects to Easily Meet Winter, Spring Demand
ERCOT said it will have sufficient installed capacity available to meet projected peak demand this winter and spring.
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Oct. 23, 2019
ERCOT's attempt to alert stakeholders that scheduling entities will be required to submit certificates for electricity resale resulted in a kerfuffle.
GCPA Speakers Weigh Texas Market’s Pros, Cons
The landmark law that deregulated ERCOT’s market and paved the way for electric competition provided the theme for this year’s GCPA fall conference.
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.

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