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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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American Electric Power CEO Nick Akins called for stepped-up reliability measures following a winter storm that ravaged the Texas grid. | AEP
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ERCOT said reserves had been restored and declared a return to normal conditions, ending an emergency that left more than 4 million without power at its peak. | Shutterstock
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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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Hurricane Laura’s impending landfall along the Gulf Coast has MISO, Entergy, SPP and ERCOT bracing for grid impacts. | Entergy
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When ERCOT this week instituted mandatory work-from-home requirements, spokesperson Leslie Sopko quickly encountered one of the major distractions of working from home: children. | © RTO Insider
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SPP and its stakeholders have begun to grapple with the complex issue of how to use battery storage, but they must first determine who will guide the process moving forward. | © RTO Insider
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The Texas Public Utility Commission approved modifications to proposed transmission lines necessary to integrate Lubbock Power & Light load into ERCOT.
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The Texas PUC denied the city of El Paso’s request for an extension of settlement negotiations, maintaining the deadline for an agreement in the proposed $4.3 billion acquisition of El Paso Electric.
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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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The Texas Public Utility Commission asked for more information on eight small municipal utilities’ appeal of ERCOT’s definition of transmission operator.
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Columnist Steve Huntoon criticizes a recent NRDC op-ed that denounces PJM for seemingly favoring natural gas-fired plants over renewable resources. | NREL
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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 SPP-MISO Joint Planning Committee has voted to begin a new coordinated system plan this year, SPP staff told the RTO’s Seams Steering Committee. | © RTO Insider
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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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