The Colorado PUC discussed the potential benefits of interstate transmission planning, while the Senate is reviewing a bill requiring RTO membership. | Vibrant Clean Energy
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ERCOT said that enough generation had returned to service to stop the rotating outages that began Feb. 15. | ERCOT
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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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Can single-state transmission projects like California’s Tehachapi and Texas’ CREZ serve as models for offshore wind on the East Coast? | Southern California Edison
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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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NYISO and MISO joined PJM, ERCOT and CAISO in suspending in-person stakeholder meetings in response to the spreading COVID-19 coronavirus. | © RTO Insider
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NextEra Energy subsidiaries appealed a federal court ruling that upheld a Texas law giving incumbent transmission companies the right of first refusal to build new power lines. | 5th Circuit
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The Texas Public Utility Commission declined to issue final orders in a pair of rate cases involving CenterPoint Energy and AEP Texas, but it did approve several other rate recoveries.
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Two environmental groups that say regulated utilities’ practice of self-committing coal plants is costing ratepayers have a point, RTO officials said. | Union of Concerned Scientists
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ERCOT staffers and stakeholders gathered to hear advice from the RTOs that have already implemented real-time co-optimization in their markets. | © RTO Insider
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NextEra Energy filed a federal lawsuit challenging a recent Texas law giving incumbent utilities a ROFR to build transmission projects in the state. | NextEra
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ERCOT’s low, 8.5% reserve margin sticks out even more when compared to those of most other regions in the U.S., where their reserves are well above their reference levels, according to data presented to FERC. | NOAA
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Calling it “an important new milestone,” Entergy said the recent sale of its Indian Point nuclear plant completes the final disposition of nuclear assets in its wholesale business. | Entergy
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The Texas Public Utility Commission held off on giving its final blessing to $1.37 billion worth of transactions involving Oncor, Sharyland Utilities and Sempra Energy.
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The Texas Public Utility Commission formally approved Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative’s request to move about 12% of its load and associated transmission facilities from SPP into the ERCOT system. | ERCOT
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ERCOT CEO Bill Magness told the Board of Directors that the grid operator will use favorable budget variances to fund the addition of real-time co-optimization.
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American Electric Power reported strong fourth-quarter and year-end earnings in line with analysts’ expectations.
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