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January 5, 2017
Luminant Energy Company LLC would pay $170,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Protocol § 8.1.1.4.2(1)(a).
December 19, 2016
As a result of the "economic fiasco" related to the Greens Bayou RMR agreement, "I've become convinced that we need to go ahead and bite the bullet, and at the very least I think we need to co-optimize the real-time market," Texas PUC Commissioner Kenneth Anderson said at Friday's meeting, echoing…
October 20, 2016
NRG Texas Power LLC would pay $40,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) § 25.503(f)(2), concerning compliance with ERCOT Protocols § 8.1.1.4.3(3), relating to non-spinning reserve service energy…
October 12, 2016
FERC issued an order requiring refunds resulting from the prior payment to Midwest Generation, LLC for reactive service from generating units which had been deactivated and therefore did not provide such service despite being paid for such service
October 3, 2016
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will convene a technical conference on November 9, 2016 concerning electric storage resource compensation and other issues
September 15, 2016
GDF Suez Energy Marketing NA, Inc. (GDF) would pay $30,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Staff's investigation of GDF for violation of 16 Texas Admin. Code (TAC) § 25.503(f)(2), concerning failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas…
September 9, 2016
During yesterday's open meeting, Texas PUC Chair Donna Nelson and Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez were generally cool to a major overhaul of the Emergency Response Service (ERS) program, but said that certain tweaks should be studied, including the use of ERS for resolving local congestion, and…
September 2, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have outlined three potential options for the next steps in the Commission's consideration of potential changes to Emergency Response Service (ERS)
August 26, 2016
A draft Texas PUC order has been posted which would include revised conditions meant to protect ERCOT ratepayers from costs arising from the City of Garland's Rusk-to-Panola Double-Circuit 345-kV line, which is to facilitate the export, via DC Tie, of ERCOT power via the Southern Cross Transmission…
August 19, 2016
The Texas PUC moved to protect customers in ERCOT from paying higher costs from the City of Garland's Rusk-to-Panola Double-Circuit 345-kV line, which is to facilitate the export, via DC Tie, of ERCOT power via the Southern Cross Transmission line
June 17, 2016
As part of its never-ending march to increase compensation to capacity owners, FERC has mandated an increase in the frequency in which jurisdictional RTOs enter shortage pricing conditions
June 8, 2016
The Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have issued a request for comment concerning Emergency Response Service (ERS) in ERCOT.
June 7, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas should evaluate policies and programs that create incentives for loads to reduce consumption for reasons unrelated to real-time energy prices, including: (a) the need for and structure of Emergency Response Service (ERS) and (b) the allocation of transmission…
May 26, 2016
Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Partners LP (BBIP) and Enchanted Rock, Ltd. (ERock) announced the closing of an equity financing to fund the construction of microgrid power assets in the state of Texas.
May 4, 2016
Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson filed a memo outlining options for moving Emergency Response Service into the ERCOT day-ahead market
April 15, 2016
During yesterday's open meeting of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Commissioner Kenneth Anderson again raised the issue of dramatically redesigning Emergency Response Service (ERS) in ERCOT
April 12, 2016
FERC has opened a review of the participation of electric storage resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary service markets in the RTOs and ISOs
March 14, 2016
Market results under the current design of the ERCOT Operating Reserve Demand Curve (ORDC) are consistent with expectations in a market with surplus generation, and changes are not needed, retail electric providers and the ERCOT Independent Market Monitor said in separately filed comments at the…
February 10, 2016
The City of Garland would pay $10,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Garland's alleged violation of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.1.1.4.3(3)(a), related to non-spinning reserve service (NSRS) energy deployment criteria…
February 4, 2016
Citing the precedent established in the Power4Schools (click here for discussion) , the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denied a motion to dismiss from FirstEnergy Solutions concerning a complaint filed by the Lucas County Board of Commissioners regarding FES's imposition of the RTO expense…
January 18, 2016
The FERC jurisdictional RTOs filed a petition for extension of time to file reports on price formation recently ordered by FERC.
January 5, 2016
Austin Energy would pay $40,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve an investigation into Austin Energy's alleged failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1, relating to governor in service; and, ERCOT…
November 20, 2015
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said in a news release yesterday that it, "took another step today to address price formation by directing regional grid operators to submit reports on price formation in their energy and ancillary services markets."
October 15, 2015
Calpine would pay $67,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged failures to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, relating to primary frequency response (PFR).
October 8, 2015
With 16 months of operation and citing recent experience, Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson proposed in a memo in advance of today's open meeting that, "now is the time for the Commission to review the ORDC [Operating Reserve Demand Curve] in order to examine how it has functioned…
