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December 14, 2023
ERCOT Recommends Allowing ADERs To Provide ECRS
ERCOT is recommending expanding the ancillary service product eligibility for the Aggregate Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) pilot to include ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS)
December 11, 2023
ERCOT filed a letter with the Texas PUC requesting…
December 8, 2023
The Texas Energy Association for Marketers (TEAM), now joined by the Alliance for Retail Markets, have filed a new petition at the Texas PUC, now as a separate, new docket…
December 1, 2023
The Texas PUC adopted a final rule establishing an emergency pricing program (EPP) for the ERCOT wholesale electric market as required by Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §39.160.
November 29, 2023
A Texas PUC Commissioner filed a memo in advance of…
November 22, 2023
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for adoption to establish an emergency pricing program (EPP) for the wholesale electric market as required by Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §39.160.
November 13, 2023
The Texas Energy Association for Marketers (TEAM) has filed a petition at the Texas PUC requesting that the PUC designate the new ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS) as an…
October 18, 2023
Texas state Sen. Charles Schwertner and…
September 25, 2023
A QSE would pay $125,000 under a settlement with…
September 15, 2023
The Texas PUC dismissed, without prejudice, a…
September 14, 2023
A Texas REP affiliate said that it has more than tripled its operational utility-scale storage capacity this summer
August 1, 2023
A Texas ALJ has recommended dismissing, without prejudice, a post-Uri complaint filed by 13111 Westheimer, LLC (an office building) against MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC for the complainant's failure to prosecute the case (docket 52969)
July 28, 2023
MP2 Energy provided the following statement concerning the matter:
July 25, 2023
Texas PUC Staff have issued questions for stakeholder comment concerning the Emergency Pricing Program for the ERCOT market
July 14, 2023
On July 27, 2023, ERCOT will host a workshop to discuss Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS) design ideas.
June 26, 2023
ERCOT filed a presentation at the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Commission) which summarizes two potential implementation options for a Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS), which is required by recent legislation
June 14, 2023
Texas PUC Commissioner Will McAdams filed a memo in advance to tomorrow's PUC of Texas open meeting highlighting the potential for a multi-step floor for the ORDC as a means of reducing RUCing
May 30, 2023
The ERCOT Independent Market Monitor filed its 2022 state of the market report which, among other things, concludes that net revenues now exceed the CONE range for new peaking resources (despite the prevailing capacity surplus)
May 30, 2023
Both Texas Houses have agreed on and passed a version of HB1500, the PUC sunset bill, with various provisions addressing a range of electricity policy issues.
May 23, 2023
With several recent withdrawals by complainants, the number of similar complaints filed at the Texas PUC against MidAmerican Energy Services, LLC ("MidAmerican"), which were filed in the wake of post-Uri retail price changes by MidAmerican Energy Services, have apparently dwindled to two remaining…
May 22, 2023
The Texas house today voted to pass to third reading SB 7, a bill, which among other things, places certain guardrails on the performance credit mechanism (PCM)
May 17, 2023
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) would pay $260,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Nodal Protocols §§ 6.4.6(1), relating to resource status; 6.5.7.5(2), relating to ancillary services capacity monitor; 8.1.1.3(3…
May 5, 2023
The City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy (Austin Energy) would disgorge about $23,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administration Code (TAC) §§ 25.503(e)(3), (f)(2) and (f)(6); and ERCOT Nodal Protocols § 6.4.6(1)…
April 4, 2023
The text of a revised committee substitute (committee report) for Texas SB2012 has been posted
March 15, 2023
Staff of the Texas PUC filed a petition to ratify a partial termination of the Amended Voluntary Mitigation Plan (VMP) for the NRG Energy Companies, with the partial termination relating to ancillary services bidding
