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July 22, 2024

February 2021 winter storm

Entergy
Texas Advisory Committee: Renewables Create ‘Operational Challenges’
A Texas energy advisory committee has produced what it calls a “comprehensive” plan to guide lawmakers and stakeholders in more changes to ERCOT's market.
Fluor
ERCOT, Brazos Reach Agreement in Bankruptcy Case
Brazos Electric has offered to pay ERCOT as much as $1.44 billion, settling its dispute with the Texas grid operator over market prices after the winter storm.
Shutterstock
Heat Wave to Test Western Grid this Weekend
Forecasters say California and the Southwest will see extreme heat this weekend, with conditions like those that strained the grid over Labor Day weekend 2020.
Matthew T. Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
ERO Supports FERC’s Extreme Weather Standards Proposal
In a joint filing to FERC, NERC and the REs supported the commission’s proposal to modify NERC’s reliability standards in response to climate change.
AECI
FERC Rules for SPP in AECI Dispute
FERC ruled for SPP in its dispute with Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., over emergency energy transactions during the February 2021 winter storm.
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Texas RE Board of Directors Briefs: Aug. 24, 2022
Occidental Power Services’ Venona Greaff told Texas RE that the industry's new cold weather standard is on track to be approved in October.
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NERC Board of Trustees/MRC Briefs: Aug. 17-18, 2022
At the first in-person meetings of NERC’s board and MRC since the pandemic's start, attendees reflected on changes experienced since they last saw each other.
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ERCOT Names NiSource’s Vegas as New CEO
ERCOT has selected Pablo Vegas, a senior executive with Indiana-based utility NiSource, as its next CEO, replacing interim CEO Brad Jones.
OG&E
NAESB Confirms Gas-electric Forum in the Works
The North American Energy Standards Board confirmed it will launch a forum aimed at addressing concerns raised after the winter storm of February 2021.
SPP
SPP Monitor: Impacts of WEIS in Year 1 ‘Limited’
SPP’s Western Energy Imbalance Service market saw “very limited growth” in its first 13 months, SPP’s MMU said in its first annual report on the market.

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