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July 31, 2024

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: June 11, 2019
A tag team of ERCOT executives reviewed the grid operator’s summer preparations at the Board of Directors’ last meeting before the season begins.
Texas ROFR Law Clouds Hartburg-Sabine Future
The future of MISO’s second competitively bid transmission project could be in jeopardy after passage of a Texas law that grants incumbent utilities a ROFR.
Texas PUC Briefs: May 23, 2019
The Texas PUC delayed action on a proposed transmission project in the Permian Basin, allowing parties to make modifications in the proposed order.
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: May 22, 2019
ERCOT in April set new monthly generation records for its wind and solar fleets, producing 7,148 GWh and 408 GWh, respectively.
Abundance of Summer Capacity — Except in Texas
ERCOT’s low reserve margin sticks out when compared to those of most other regions in the U.S., where their reserves are well above their reference levels.
Texas PUC Briefs: May 9, 2019
The Texas Public Utility Commission gave its final blessing to a $1.37 billion transaction involving Oncor, Sharyland Utilities and Sempra Energy.
Changes Add Uncertainty to Mexico’s Power Market
Attendees at a Mexican power market workshop discussed the woes wrought on the market since President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took over last year.
Mild Weather Undercuts CenterPoint Q1 Earnings
CenterPoint Energy reported that mild weather that reduced customers’ power usage drove first-quarter earnings down to $140 million ($0.28/share).
ERCOT: More Capacity, but Emergency Ops Still Expected
ERCOT said its final summer 2019 resource adequacy assessment indicates “a potential need” to enter energy emergency alert status for system reliability.
Entergy Celebrates Sale of Final EWC Nuke
Calling it "an important new milestone," Entergy said the sale of Indian Point completes the final disposition of nuclear assets in its wholesale business.

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