Docket NPRR 1309

July 9, 2026

Texas PUC To Consider, In Another Proceeding, Retail Providers' Request That PUC Designate Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service As Ancillary Service Beyond REPs' Control (Designation Would Allow Fixed Rate Change For Existing Retail Contracts)

The Texas PUC approved ERCOT Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 1309, implementing Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS), without including in the approval order language that had been requested by the Retail Electric Provider Coalition which would have designated DRRS as a new…

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July 2, 2026

Texas REPs Ask That Texas PUC Designate Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service As Ancillary Service Beyond REPs' Control, Would Allow Fixed Rate Change For Existing Retail Contracts

The Texas Retail Electric Provider Coalition requested that, in any Texas PUC order approving ERCOT Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 1309, implementing Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS), the PUC include, in the order, language, "that designates this new ancillary service as one…

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March 26, 2026

Texas PUC Directs DRRS Under NPRR 1309 Should Be Developed Without Attempting To Include Energy Storage Resources In 1309, But Stresses Storage's Eligibility For DRRS, And Seeks Start Of Storage Participation Coincident To Start Of DRRS

Issuing guidance requested by Texas PUC Staff, the Texas PUC directed that stakeholders should continue to develop Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS) without attempting to include energy storage resources (ESRs) in the specific NPRRs 1309 and 1310, in order to avoid delaying the…

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March 19, 2026

Texas PUC Staff Propose Guidance That DRRS Under NPRR 1309 Should Be Developed Without Attempting To Include Energy Storage Resources, To Avoid Delay

Staff Makes Recommendations On Energy Storage Resource Eligibility, Hours

Staff of the Texas PUC have requested that the Commission provide guidance to ERCOT market participants regarding the circumstances under which energy storage resources (ESRs) may participate in Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS).

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