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Texas REP Urges PUC To Allow Use Of Demand Response, DERs For Proposed Generation Firming Requirements

September 2, 2025

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In comments on a proposed Texas PUC rule concerning firming requirements for generation, Octopus Energy urged the PUC to allow demand response and DERs to serve as eligible resources to meet firming obligations

In the proposal for publication, the Commission’s draft rule would allow the firming requirements to be met by another electric generating facility or a battery energy storage resource that is either on-site or off-site

Octopus represented that, at a recent workshop, Commission Staff expressed willingness to include demand response and DERs as eligible to meet the firming requirements, although Octopus said that questions remain regarding how best to implement the requirements.

Octopus said, "We respectfully suggest that the ERCOT stakeholder process is the appropriate place to determine these implementation details, and we urge the Commission to set policy that is inclusive of facilities that can provide demand response and aggregate distributed energy resources (ADERs)."

Octopus specifically proposed that, "output from facilities that can provide demand response or an aggregate distributed energy resource (ADER), as determined by ERCOT," should be allowed as a means of meeting the firming requirements

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