ERCOT will recommend that its Board of Directors approve a reliability-must-run contract for one of three aging CPS gas units, set for retirement, to maintain reliability in the San Antonio area.

Texas regulators approved the state’s first utility resiliency plan, a $3 billion proposal from Oncor to bulk up its distribution system over the next four years to better withstand and more quickly recover extreme weather and other events.

The Texas Public Utility Commission has postponed action on Oncor Electric Delivery’s resiliency plan, the first from a state utility under new legislation.

The Texas Public Utility Commission made a rare trip out of Austin for a public hearing as it investigates CenterPoint Energy’s poor response to Hurricane Beryl in July.

MISO said it managed a milder summer overall compared to previous years, though it weathered two hurricanes and escalated into emergency warnings during a heat wave.

Texas lawmakers and regulators are trying to figure out how a puny Category 1 hurricane could have caused the devastation in Houston that led to long-term outages, and CenterPoint Energy has borne the brunt of the scrutiny.

Entergy promoted its Hurricane Beryl response alongside a pair of pending settlements with Louisiana regulators over rates and the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station during a second quarter earnings call.

CenterPoint Energy executives appeared before Texas regulators to apologize for the company’s slow restoration following Hurricane Beryl’s landfall and promised to do better next time.

Beleaguered Texas utility CenterPoint Energy has come under fire from the state’s political leadership, lawmakers, regulators and citizens over its slow restoration efforts following a Category 1 hurricane.

MISO said damage wrought from Hurricane Beryl triggered an overnight electrical island in a Southeastern Texas load pocket.