February 4, 2025

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs
In Bill Magness' first Board of Directors meeting as CEO, ERCOT discussed the warm winter weather and budget overruns.
New ERCOT CEO Relies on People Skills, Experience
New ERCOT CEO Bill Magness will use his quarter century of experience, and his self-deprecating humor, to lead the ISO.
LOC Rule Sent Back to ERCOT’s Stakeholder Process
The ERCOT board remanded to the TAC a proposal to pay lost opportunity costs to generators ordered to ramp down for grid reliability.
RTOs, States Respond to CPP Stay
A summary of responses by RTOs and state officials to the Supreme Court's stay to the Clean Power Plan.
Clark Calls for New Look at Order 745
FERC Commissioner Tony Clark called for another look the pricing of demand response.
ERCOT: No Consensus on Operating Reserve Changes
ERCOT will send state regulators a white paper that outlines potential revisions to its operating reserve demand curve.
DOE Announces $220M for Grid Modernization
RTOs and ISOs will take part in 15 research and development projects awarded almost $38 million in funding by the Energy Department.
ERCOT Energy Use up 2.2% in 2015; Wind Surpasses Nuclear
ERCOT's report indicated the system consumed 347,522,945 MWh of electricity last year, nearly 7.5 million MWh more than in 2014.
Stakeholder Soapbox: Most Important Energy Numbers from 2015
Direct Energy's Aaron Tinjum assembled some of the most telling energy statistics to help highlight some of the year’s biggest energy trends.
SPP, ERCOT Set New Wind Peaks
SPP hit 9,948 MW of wind power, while ERCOT closed out the year with a 13,883-MW record.

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