Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed the OPUC's Lori Cobos to the Public Utility Commission, filling out the current commission.

ERCOT insiders at ACORE's Finance Forum spoke candidly on the causes and lessons learned from Texas' February outages.

ERCOT asked for conservation measures through Friday as summer heat and 12.2 GW of forced outages erased whatever slim reserve margin it had.

February’s winter storm, which threw Texas and much of the Midwest into a deep freeze, remains a hot topic as seen at recent industry conferences.

Texas regulators last week agreed to end a moratorium on customer disconnects for nonpayment that dated back to February as energy prices soared in the wake of a severe winter storm. The Public Utility Commission said Friday that with a “proliferation” of available financial support and the need for utilities to resume normal business operations, …

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Interim ERCOT CEO Brad Jones has a 100-day strategic plan to restore confidence in the grid operator’s ability to operate reliably after February's storm.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a pair of comprehensive reform bills that he said would fix the “flaws” that lead to February’s power failure.

Five former Texas regulators have released a report with recommendations to  prevent additional weather-driven blackouts like those in February.

The Texas Legislature has adjourned, having passed just enough reforms in the wake of February's arctic event to protect the ERCOT grid this summer.

Communications staff from ERCOT and the Texas PUC told commissioners they are working together to improve public outreach after the February winter storm.