November 5, 2024

February 2021 winter storm

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Overheard at Infocast’s ERCOT Market Summit 2022
Texas PUC Chair Peter Lake addressed the “ambiguity” over the second round of changes at ERCOT addressing shortfalls in the grid’s performance.
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NERC Cold Weather Project Moves Forward
NERC's latest cold weather standards project has progressed to the next phase after a special meeting of the Standards Committee's Executive Committee.
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AEP to Sell Unregulated Renewables Portfolio
AEP said it intends to sell some or all of its unregulated contracted renewable resources and redirect the proceeds to its transmission assets.
NERC
NERC: Grid Transformation Continues to Accelerate
NERC's 2021 Annual Report identified climate change and cybersecurity as major risks to grid reliability, while highlighting efforts to combat them.
PJM
PJM MIC Briefs: Feb. 9, 2022
PJM delayed a vote at the Market Implementation Committee meeting on a proposal addressing pseudo-modeled combined cycle minimum run time guidance.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Jan. 31, 2022
ERCOT market participants again expressed their concerns with potential changes to the stakeholder process following discussions during board meetings.
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ERCOT’s Jones Works to Regain Texans’ Trust
ERCOT CEO Brad Jones said regaining Texans' trust in the grid will take more than meeting demand during one winter storm.
KCEN-TV
ERCOT Issues Watch as Winter Storm Nears
ERCOT has raised its alert level as extreme cold weather moves into Texas, saying it is taking action ahead of increased demand to ensure grid reliability.
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ERCOT, SPP Prep for Latest Wintry Blast
ERCOT and SPP have both issued operations advisories as they prepare for another blast of winter weather this week.
Basin Electric
FERC Denies Co-ops’ $79M Complaint vs. SPP
FERC denied a complaint by a pair of cooperatives that SPP “misapplied” tariff provisions during February's winter storm, costing them $79 million in revenue.

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