ERCOT said it has approved NRG Energy’s plans to return its Gregory Power Partners cogeneration plant to mothballs in October.

ERCOT declared another energy emergency alert Thursday afternoon, its second in three days after five years without calling one.

ERCOT’s Board of Directors got a look at the work implementing real-time co-optimization, which will add ancillary services to the real-time SCED engine.

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

ERCOT registered a new all-time demand peak of 74.5 GW as Texas continued to bake in heat extreme even for the Lone Star State.

The Texas Public Utility Commission asked for more information on eight small municipal utilities’ appeal of ERCOT’s definition of transmission operator.

Summer has been late to Texas, but it is quickly making up it with triple-digit temperatures that are leading to four-figure prices in the ERCOT market.

ERCOT staff have laid out a plan to work with stakeholders in addressing a May pricing event that has led to a complaint filed with the Texas PUC.

NRG Energy’s profits jumped sharply in the second quarter, boosted by a surge in earnings for the company’s power generation division.

ERCOT stakeholders endorsed the first batch of key principles that will lay the foundation for implementation of real-time co-optimization in the market.