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November 5, 2024

ERCOT

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas manages the flow of electric power to about 90 percent of the state’s electric load. The nonprofit independent system operator is governed by a board of directors and is subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature.
ERCOT
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Feb. 20, 2023
ERCOT staff briefed the Technical Advisory Committee on its recommended bridging solution options for the Texas PUC’s preferred market redesign.
ERCOT
Texas PUC Rejects CCN for Grid United’s Pecos West
Texas regulators have cited the state's right of first refusal law in denying Grid United’s request to build a link between ERCOT and the West.
CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint to Invest $43B, Addressing Customer Growth
CenterPoint Energy plans to increase its 10-year capital plan to $43 billion through 2030, focusing on additional investments in grid reliability and modernization.
FERC
FERC Orders New Reliability Standards in Response to Uri
FERC ordered two new NERC reliability standards in response to the February 2021 winter storm that nearly led to the collapse of the Texas Interconnection.
Grid United
Skelly’s Grid United Quickly Making Waves
Michael Skelly is back, building long-distance transmission lines to move clean energy and unite the nation's grid.
Texas State Senate
Market Monitor Pans ERCOT Market Redesign
ERCOT’s IMM continues to criticize Texas regulators’ preferred market redesign, saying what they have proposed is a “less effective and efficient."
ACORE
ACORE Report: Storm Showed How More Tx Could Yield Benefits
Former FERC Chair Richard Glick says an industry report on transmission’s value underscores what many already know: More capacity makes a big difference.
Austin Energy
ERCOT Briefs: Week of Jan. 30, 2023
Icy weather knocked more than 400,000 Texas customers offline last week, but all outages were at the local distribution level.
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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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Berkeley Lab: Wind Generation Needs More Flexible FTRs
Researchers at Berkeley Lab say growing renewable generation mean it’s likely time to retool the design of financial transmission rights in wholesale markets.

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