The cut in federal corporate income taxes figured prominently in fourth quarter earnings reports by OGE Energy, CenterPoint Energy and Entergy.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness had to revise a slide of his Feb. 20 report to the ISO’s Board of Directors on the fly with the latest record for wind production.

ERCOT stakeholders are once again raising the subject of real-time co-optimization, with the Independent Market Monitor in strong support.

The PUCT hinted it may be near a decision on Lubbock Power & Light’s proposal to move 470 MW of its load from SPP to ERCOT.

The Texas PUC postponed until March a decision on whether to remove reliability unit commitments from ERCOT’s operating reserve demand curve.

The PUCT canceled a hearing on the merits of the proposed acquisition of Oncor by Sempra Energy and directed staff to prepare a proposed order in the proceeding.

The staff of the Texas PUC recommended that it require Vistra Energy and Dynegy to divest at least 1,281 MW of generation to secure approval of their merger.

Lubbock’s City Council and Electric Utility Board both approved a settlement agreement in the LP&L move from SPP to ERCOT.

Sempra Energy and Oncor have reached a settlement with all parties involved in Sempra’s proposed $9.45 billion acquisition of Energy Future Holdings.

ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee asked its Wholesale Market Subcommittee to determine what went wrong during two recent market events.