ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee approved staff’s recommendation to remove reliability unit commitment capacity from the grid operator’s ORDC.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) on Monday approved the choice of John Paul Urban as its executive director during a special open meeting.

RTO officials asked FERC to allow their stakeholder processes time to develop additional resilience measures and to require more gas-electric coordination.

Texas Public Utility Commissioner Brandy Marquez on Thursday quietly resigned, effective April 2. The announcement followed the PUCT open meeting

The PUCT cleared the way for Sempra Energy to acquire Oncor Electric Delivery and for Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) to migrate from SPP to ERCOT.

Infocast’s annual ERCOT Market Summit once again featured panel discussions on market reform, grid resiliency and resource adequacy.

ERCOT said it expects the recent retirement of coal-fired and aging units to result in tight operating reserves this summer .

NRG Energy said that its board has authorized the company to spend $1 billion on its stock repurchase program.

Sempra Energy announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has confirmed a reorganization plan for Energy Future Holdings.

ERCOT’s TAC failed to reach agreement on how to classify Southern Cross after debating the company’s bid to become the ISO’s first merchant DC tie operator.