ERCOT said it expects the recent retirement of coal-fired and aging units to result in tight operating reserves this summer .

NRG Energy said that its board has authorized the company to spend $1 billion on its stock repurchase program.

Sempra Energy announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has confirmed a reorganization plan for Energy Future Holdings.

ERCOT’s TAC failed to reach agreement on how to classify Southern Cross after debating the company’s bid to become the ISO’s first merchant DC tie operator.

The cut in federal corporate income taxes figured prominently in fourth quarter earnings reports by OGE Energy, CenterPoint Energy and Entergy.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness had to revise a slide of his Feb. 20 report to the ISO’s Board of Directors on the fly with the latest record for wind production.

ERCOT stakeholders are once again raising the subject of real-time co-optimization, with the Independent Market Monitor in strong support.

The PUCT hinted it may be near a decision on Lubbock Power & Light’s proposal to move 470 MW of its load from SPP to ERCOT.

The Texas PUC postponed until March a decision on whether to remove reliability unit commitments from ERCOT’s operating reserve demand curve.

The PUCT canceled a hearing on the merits of the proposed acquisition of Oncor by Sempra Energy and directed staff to prepare a proposed order in the proceeding.