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September 17, 2026
Various stakeholders, in comments in a Texas PUC quinquennial review of the system-wide offer cap in ERCOT, have recommended increases in both the real-time and day-ahead offer caps
September 1, 2026
ERCOT formally filed at the Texas PUC a report on ERCOT's ancillary and reliability services cost allocation study, which finds that, "After a thorough evaluation of each of the three alternative allocation methods, the study found that none of the three alternative methods would be expected to…
August 21, 2026
Texas PUC Staff sought comments on the ERCOT Scarcity Pricing Mechanism and Emergency Pricing Program as part of a five-year review of the system-wide offer cap programs in ERCOT
August 20, 2026
The New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) has set an effective date for implementation of additional operating reserve procurement requirements throughout the New York Control Area (NYCA) to account for anticipated forecast uncertainties in both the Day-Ahead Market and Real-Time Market…
July 9, 2026
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…
July 2, 2026
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…
March 27, 2026
The City of Garland d/b/a Garland Power and Light System would pay $375,000 under a settlement with Texas PUC Staff to resolve alleged violations of Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) Nodal Protocols §§ 8.1.1.3(3) and 8.1.1.4.3(3)(a), (b), governing various obligations related to…
March 26, 2026
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…
March 19, 2026
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).
February 25, 2026
EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR) would pay $199,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Texas PUC to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Nodal Protocols §§ 3.15(4)(d) and 6.5.7.7(5), related to voltage support service (VSS).
February 6, 2026
Luminant Energy Company LLC and Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have entered into a settlement agreement for a revised voluntary mitigation plan (VMP) for Luminant.
January 23, 2026
ERCOT said in a market notice on Jan. 23 that ERCOT identified an error affecting projected, non-binding Real-Time prices, Base Points, and Ancillary Service awards for some Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch (SCED) intervals.
December 17, 2025
Conduit Power, LLC has entered into financial agreements with Diamondback Energy, Inc. and Granite Ridge Resources related to Conduit’s development of 200 megawatts of new natural gas power generation assets for the sale of energy and ancillary services in ERCOT
December 12, 2025
Texas PUC Staff have proposed a draft scope for a study on the cost allocation of ancillary services (AS) and reliability services (RS) in ERCOT, as required by legislation
November 21, 2025
ERCOT in a market notice provided details related to market participant credit requirement calculations as a result of the go-live of Real-Time Co-optimization Plus Batteries
November 10, 2025
ERCOT filed with the Texas PUC a report from a consultant retained by ERCOT to analyze the impact of market design changes on resource adequacy in ERCOT
November 5, 2025
In advance of consideration of ERCOT's budget at tomorrow's Texas PUC open meeting, PUCT Chair Thomas Gleeson has recommended adding large-load interconnections as a key Commission priority for which ERCOT must meet performance measures.
October 30, 2025
In recommending approval of a decrease in the ERCOT system admin fee, Texas PUC Staff recommended that the PUC also declare the key priorities for ERCOT during the 2026-27 budget term
September 3, 2025
Staff of the Texas PUC have issued for public comment a series of questions concerning the cost allocation of ancillary and reliability services in the ERCOT power region
July 21, 2025
Strobe Power NY, LLC, the start-up power marketer that will offer customers the opportunity to join its "network" and will offer to pay customers for electricity from their solar, batteries, and generators, confirmed that it intends to sell electricity and other services to retail customers as part…
June 20, 2025
ERCOT has filed at the Texas PUC recommended changes to the Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) Pilot program, including a model under which a non-LSE may participate as an aggregator. ERCOT will also undertake an immediate expansion of the program caps
June 10, 2025
ERCOT will host an in-person workshop on June 26, 2025 to discuss the design of a Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS) in the ERCOT market.
April 11, 2025
On April 10, 2025, ERCOT entered into an agreement with Lancium LLC to license certain of Lancium's patents at no cost.
April 3, 2025
A Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings ALJ dismissed the remaining complaint pending before the Texas PUC concerning MidAmerican Energy Services LLC's imposition of a supplemental ancillary service charge after Winter Storm Uri
February 3, 2025
HB 2303 has been filed in the Texas legislature which would require the Texas PUC to develop an ancillary service allowing retail electric providers to aggregate back-up generation to provide dispatchable generation to ERCOT during a power grid "outage".
