The Infocast ERCOT Market Summit brought together nearly 300 industry representatives and policymakers to discuss the Texas grid and challenges it faces.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness told the Board of Directors the grid operator finished 2019 with a net positive variance of $35.4 million.

ERCOT’s Board of Directors approved price corrections for 21 operating days, dating back to September, that resulted from a series of software errors.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness briefed the Board of Directors on an upcoming trip to NERC and the work of the Battery Energy Storage Task Force.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness and Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker will attend NERC’s Board of Trustees meeting to discuss the grid operator’s slender reserve margins.

Texas power prices bumped up against the market’s cap as the state registered another day of soaring temperatures and demand.

ERCOT is “much more likely” to deal with “emergency-alert type conditions” this summer given the system’s 7.4% reserve margin, CEO Bill Magness said.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness says utility-scale solar “is the next big thing coming at us from the supply side,” giving the ISO one more challenge to consider.

ERCOT set a pair of demand records, establishing new marks for wind power and November monthly demand as temperatures dipped in much of Texas.

FERC officials and RTO executives still had more questions than answers this week regarding the Department of Energy’s (DOE) plans for rescuing at risk nuclear and coal plants.