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April 11, 2025

Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)

Texas Public Utility Commission
Texas PUC’s Lake Steps Down as Chair
Peter Lake said Friday he is stepping down as Texas PUC chair, an apparent result of lawmakers' pushback against his proposed market design.
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority
Texas PUC Rejects SWEPCO Application for Renewables at Pirkey
Texas regulators rejected SWEPCO's application to build renewable generation resources at the site of a coal plant that ceased operations in March.
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Uncertain Future for Texas’ Renewables Industry
The Texas Legislature is working to pass bills to facilitate fossil fuel energy generation but limit renewable energy generation.
Texas PUC
ERCOT, PUC Repeat Call for Dispatchable Generation
ERCOT and the Texas PUC say there is not enough dispatchable generation to meet peak demand this summer, forcing the grid to rely on renewables.
Vistra
Texas PUC Appeals Court’s Decision on Uri Transactions
The Texas PUC has asked the state’s Texas Supreme Court to overturn a recent appeals court ruling that could unwind market transactions during Winter Storm Uri.
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Texas Court Reverses PUC’s Uri Market Orders
A Texas appeals court reversed PUC orders to keep ERCOT wholesale prices at the $9,000/MWh cap during the deadly February 2021 winter storm.
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.
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.
Supreme Court of Texas
ERCOT Claims Immunity Before Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a pair of lawsuits that could determine whether ERCOT has a right to sovereign immunity from lawsuits.
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Stakeholders Respond to ERCOT Market’s Proposed Redesign
Texas regulators have received almost 120 comments from ERCOT stakeholders and the public about a proposed market redesign to be turned over to lawmakers.

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