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The Texas PUC it will invite stakeholder comments as it takes a cautious approach to Lubbock Power & Light’s planned integration into the ERCOT grid.
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ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee held an email vote to unanimously approve a nodal operating guide revision request.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is working with ERCOT to require notifying DOD of proposed generation projects that might impact military operations.
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The ERCOT Board of Directors approved extending an RMR contract with NRG Energy for its Greens Bayou Unit 5 plant in the Houston area.
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ERCOT’s Board of Directors unanimously approved two transmission projects intended to ease congestion and reliability concerns in South Texas.
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The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved a plan for a hybrid above/below-ground transmission line in the City of Frisco.
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Cheap natural gas pushed ERCOT’s energy costs and congestion revenue to record lows in 2015, the Independent Market Monitor reported.
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ERCOT said it has executed a reliability-must-run agreement to keep a 371-MW natural gas-fired generator available through September.
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ERCOT members voted down the ISO’s attempt to salvage a revision request that would have replaced several ancillary services with new products.
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ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee continued the debate over who should be responsible for Texas’ largely unused smart meter monitoring website.
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ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee endorsed a recommendation to increase the fuel adder factor for coal- and lignite-fired resources.
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A Brattle Group analysis says ERCOT will continue to rely primarily on natural gas, wind and utility-scale solar power over the next 20 years.
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ERCOT said continued growth in natural gas and renewable energy capacity will help it meet its projected summer peak this year and demand well into the next decade.
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The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee approved staff’s recommendation to add 200 MW of responsive reserve service.
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ERCOT’s Market Monitor said that negative prices are becoming less frequent and that they have virtually no impact on average energy prices.
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Almost 500 electric and gas industry participants attended the Gulf Coast Power Association’s 30th annual conference.
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The TAC agreed on a method for paying lost opportunity costs to generators ordered to ramp down for grid reliability.
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ERCOT continues to creep closer to the 50% mark for wind penetration, reaching 48.28% of load on March 23.
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The ERCOT TAC discussed how the ISO and its market participants exchange data and handle changes to data reports.
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The Texas PUC’s order would split Oncor into two companies, one of which would operate as a REIT.
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