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“Weather-related” issues accounted for most of February’s widespread and lengthy outages in Texas, far more than equipment failures or lack of gas, ERCOT said. | Luminant
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Steve Huntoon shares why he is skeptical of Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s proposal to give Texas 10 GW of emergency generation in exchange for $8.3 billion. | NRG
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ERCOT projects record summer peak demand, but its preliminary seasonal assessment of resource adequacy indicates power reserves “are in a better position” than in recent years. | ERCOT
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Texas Public Utility Commissioner Shelly Botkin resigned Monday, leaving the three-person body with just one member. | © RTO Insider
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The U.S. House of Representatives’ principal oversight committee joined the roster of agencies investigating ERCOT following February’s severe winter storm. | Public Utility Commission of Texas
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Brazos Electric Power Cooperative filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying it was unable to pay ERCOT $2.1 billion in unexpected charges. | NAES
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Vistra said that it expects to take up to a $1.3 billion financial loss because of the state’s massive power outage and its subsequent effects on the ERCOT market. | Luminant
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The Texas PUC issued a set of orders intended to protect Texas electricity customers and prevent possible disconnections for non-payment. | PUCT
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ERCOT leadership made it clear that it is fully committed to restoring power to the millions of Texans spending their fourth night shivering in the dark. | © RTO Insider
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The inability of Midwestern grid operators to recover quickly from extreme winter weather drew increasing customer anger, along with scrutiny from regulators. | Ken Bruce
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SPP joined ERCOT in initiating rolling blackouts Monday as the entire Midwest experiences an unprecedented winter storm. | Kerrville Public Utilities Board
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Extreme winter weather has placed much of the country’s heartland in a deep freeze and has MISO, SPP and ERCOT scrambling to meet anticipated record demand. | Xcel Energy
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ERCOT has issued several notices and advisories as it prepares for expected record electric usage into early next week. | Xcel Energy
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CenterPoint and OGE declined to answer questions on potential sales of their interest in Enable Midstream during their third-quarter earnings calls. | OG&E
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Hurricane Laura’s impending landfall along the Gulf Coast has MISO, Entergy, SPP and ERCOT bracing for grid impacts. | Entergy
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Texas power prices bumped up against the market’s cap as the state registered another day of soaring temperatures and demand. | ERCOT
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ERCOT registered a new all-time demand peak of 74.5 GW as Texas continued to bake in heat extreme even for the Lone Star State. | Apex Clean Energy
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ERCOT in April set new monthly generation records for its wind and solar fleets, producing 7,148 GWh and 408 GWh, respectively, the Technical Advisory Committee learned. | © RTO Insider
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A high-pressure system that has swamped much of Texas with triple-digit temperatures has led to all-time systemwide peak records in ERCOT. | ERCOT
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Stakeholder Soapbox: Berkshire’s Proposal Will Prevent Another Texas Power Catastrophe
April 8, 2021BHE Infrastructure Group CEO Chris Brown responds to Steve Huntoon’s column criticizing BHE’s proposed power solution for future severe weather in Texas. | Berkshire Hathaway Energy
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