Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
At last week's ERCOT Board of Directors meeting, CEO Bill Magness highlighted the ISO's growing wind resources and the challenges they pose to reliability.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved an ERCOT request to share confidential generator-specific information with Lubbock Power & Light.
While the executive order signed by Trump rolling back efforts to combat climate change upset some, RTO officials are largely shrugging their shoulders.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) agreed that proposed NextEra $18.7 billion acquisition of Oncor is not “at this point” in the public interest.
The growth of DER in ERCOT is not yet causing reliability problems. Accurate mapping and localized pricing signals should address concerns in the future.
The ERCOT TAC declined to pursue a change in how the ISO commits and dispatches resources, and discussed principles for restarting the markets after outages.
The ERCOT organized electric market set a new record for wind penetration last week when it hit 50% at 3:50 a.m. March 23.
Infocast gathered industry experts in the Texas state capital to share their insights on the “challenging times that lie ahead for ERCOT.”
The PUCT asked staff to revise a rulemaking on emergency response service, saying it didn't favor expanding the program to avoid local blackouts.
At the ERCOT Market Summit, a Mexican energy official described the benefits and challenges of energy trading with the U.S. under President Trump.
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