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January 16, 2025

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

AEP CEO Calls for More Stringent Reliability Measures
American Electric Power CEO Nick Akins called for stepped-up reliability measures following a winter storm that ravaged the Texas grid.
Experts Urge Grid Hardening amid Decarbonization Push
Electricity industry experts wrestled with how the Midwest grid can fully decarbonize while facing increasingly common extreme weather events.
ERCOT Provides ‘Explanations, not Excuses’
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness detailed for the Board of Directors the events that led up to last week’s near collapse of the grid during a severe winter storm.
Exelon
Exelon to Split Tx, Generation Businesses
Exelon plans to separate its regulated transmission and distribution utilities from its merchant power generation business.
ERCOT Chair, 4 Directors to Resign
Five out-of-state members of ERCOT’s Board of Directors, including new Chair Sally Talberg, told the Texas PUC they will resign Feb. 24.
Texas PUC Turns Focus to Customer Bills
The Texas PUC issued a set of orders intended to protect Texas electricity customers and prevent possible disconnections for non-payment.
Counterflow: The Mess in Texas
Columnist Steve Huntoon explains his thoughts on what is and what is not to blame for the rolling blackouts in ERCOT last week.
With Crisis Behind it, ERCOT Now Faces the Music
With the ERCOT system back to normal operations, Texas politicians and regulators are taking initial steps to ensure a similar crisis doesn’t happen again.
Glick Eyes New Standards Following Texas Outages
FERC's Richard Glick said he may seek new reliability standards to ensure better preparation for severe winter conditions following prolonged outages.
UPDATED: ERCOT System Returns to Normal Operations
ERCOT said reserves had been restored and declared a return to normal conditions, ending an emergency that had left more than 4 million without power.

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