firm fuel supply service (FFSS)

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ERCOT Leaned on Mobile Gens, RMR Unit During Storm
ERCOT says it leaned on Texas’ 15 mobile generating units and an RMR unit during the state’s first major cold-weather event since 2021’s disastrous Winter Storm Uri.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: July 30, 2025
ERCOT says all systems are go — or more specifically, green — and early market trials have been successful as the Real-time Co-optimization plus Batteries project barrels to its Dec. 5 go-live date. 
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Texas Public Utility Commission Briefs: July 10, 2025
Texas regulators have approved two more system resiliency plans for state utilities with a focus on wildfire mitigation, following up on a requirement from the 2023 legislative session.
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ERCOT’s TAC Endorses Congestion Management Plan
ERCOT stakeholders endorsed a protocol change that creates a process to compensate market participants when a constrained management plan or switching instruction trips a generator that otherwise would have stayed online.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: May 23, 2023
ERCOT staff report designating 19 firm fuel supply service resources after the Legislature passed safeguard bill.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Jan. 24, 2023
ERCOT is analyzing information from generators that were forced offline during the December winter storm to better understand why thermal outages were an issue.
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ISO-NE Outlines More of Plans for Capacity Accreditation, DA Ancillary Services
ISO-NE continued to elaborate its proposed methods for de-rating gas resources in the winter, when there may be challenges getting fuel.
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ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: March 7-8, 2022
ERCOT’s Board of Directors left the ISO's top stakeholder committee in limbo this week as it continues to debate governance and stakeholder coordination.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Feb. 23, 2022
ERCOT stakeholders have tabled for a month a discussion on a proposal that would reduce the offer floor for RUCs and remove opt-out provisions.

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