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April 27, 2025

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Xcel Energy
Xcel ‘Optimistic’ It Will Handle Tariffs, Trade War
Xcel CEO Bob Frenzel tried to reassure the investment community that the company is better prepared for a trade war and President Trump's tariffs during a first-quarter earnings call.
Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Approves 765-kV Transmission Option for Permian Basin
The Texas Public Utility Commission approved a plan that allows ERCOT to authorize the region’s first extra-high-voltage transmission lines and meet the petroleum-rich Permian Basin’s rapidly growing power needs. 
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Load Growth Dominates Discussions at GCPA’s Spring Conference
Rapid demand growth within ERCOT was a major point of discussion at the Gulf Coast Power Association's recent Spring Conference.
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GCPA Hears Different Tales on Texas Load Growth from 2 CEOs
Two power industry CEOs at the Gulf Coast Power Association’s spring conference offered two different takes on ERCOT load growth over the rest of the decade — and how the sector should deal with a potential doubling of peak demand by 2031.
NERC
Data Centers’ Reliability Impacts Examined at FERC Meeting
FERC heard details about recent reliability incidents caused by data centers tripping offline in Virginia and Texas and NERC's efforts to address them.
Lone Star Industrial Park
2 More Projects Fall out of TEF Loan Program
The troubled Texas Energy Fund has lost two more projects from its original list of applicants, raising questions about its ability to quickly add 10 GW of gas-fired dispatchable resources to the ERCOT grid.
ERCOT
Texas Groups Ask FERC to Reject Puerto Rican Company Petition for Regulation
ERCOT, Oncor and the Texas PUC asked FERC to deny a petition from Puerto Rican company Pluvia to bring the territory under the commission’s jurisdiction.
Entergy Texas
MISO Fast Lane Proposal Disadvantages IPPs, Retail Choice States, Critics Tell FERC
MISO’s proposal to use a temporary “fast lane” in its interconnection queue to speed up necessary resource additions would give utility-owned generation preferential treatment, according to protesters’ comments filed with FERC.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: March 26, 2025
ERCOT stakeholders have endorsed several protocol changes related to the ISO’s real-time co-optimization project, keeping on track a project seen as a cornerstone for future market improvements.
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PUC Adds 2 More Projects to Texas Energy Fund
The Texas Public Utility Commission advanced two generation projects for due diligence review as part of the Texas Energy Fund’s In-ERCOT loan program, filling a hole left by two proposals that dropped out.

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