Vistra Energy said Monday it closed its acquisition of Dynegy following a FERC order concluding the $1.7 billion deal raised no competitive concerns.

Corporations' decarbonization efforts may be frustrated because of insufficient transmission to move Midwest wind power to load centers.

The Texas Public Utility of Commission (PUCT) open meeting last week was the last for Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez, who spoke to RTO Insider about her five years of service.

The Texas PUC (PUCT) conditionally approved Vistra Energy’s $1.7 billion acquisition of Dynegy, allowing the combined company to avert a requirement that it divest generation.

ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee approved staff’s recommendation to remove reliability unit commitment capacity from the grid operator’s ORDC.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) on Monday approved the choice of John Paul Urban as its executive director during a special open meeting.

RTO officials asked FERC to allow their stakeholder processes time to develop additional resilience measures and to require more gas-electric coordination.

Texas Public Utility Commissioner Brandy Marquez on Thursday quietly resigned, effective April 2. The announcement followed the PUCT open meeting

The PUCT cleared the way for Sempra Energy to acquire Oncor Electric Delivery and for Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) to migrate from SPP to ERCOT.

Infocast’s annual ERCOT Market Summit once again featured panel discussions on market reform, grid resiliency and resource adequacy.