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September 28, 2026
ERCOT said in a market notice that ERCOT is to receive about $85 million as a result of a settlement between the trustee of a bankrupt retail provider and the REP's wholesale supplier
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 17, 2026
The City Council of Lubbock, Texas approved FY 2026–2027 delivery rates at Lubbock Power & Light
September 8, 2026
An entity describing itself as a "Nonprofit Electric Cooperative" has filed a formal request at the Texas PUC for a declaratory order holding that…
September 2, 2026
ERCOT will host a workshop to present the deployment mechanics, registration process, and draft revision requests to implement several of the Large Load curtailment provisions required under Senate Bill 6 (SB6)
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 31, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have posted a preliminary list of all REPs eligible, based meeting a sales volume threshold and other criteria set in rule, to serve as a non-volunteer POLR (called Large Service Providers or LSPs) for each customer class and service area (excluding LP&L which has its own…
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
SmartestEnergy announced that it has engaged in commercial optimization for 29.7 MW of front-of-the-meter battery storage assets in South Texas, with GridBeyond providing optimization services
August 17, 2026
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently announced, as a plank in his "Keep Texas Affordable" plan, that Abbott would propose legislation, "expanding consumer choice and ending utility monopolies that drive up costs for Texas families and small businesses".
August 11, 2026
El Campo Wind LLC would pay $40,000 under a settlement with Texas PUC Staff to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.503(f)(10) related to compliance with Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) requests for information.
August 11, 2026
ERCOT in a Texas PUC filing recommends delaying its next Long-Term Load Forecast (LTLF) as a result of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's directive for a comprehensive verification and audit of all data centers advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process, rather than using an alternative LTLF forecast…
July 27, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for publication to implement, for the ERCOT market, a Large Load Demand Management Service (LLDMS) to competitively procure demand reductions from large load customers
July 23, 2026
AEP Texas Central is activating its meter reading Catastrophic Estimation Process (CEP) on Thursday, July 23, 2026 ahead of Tropical Storm Bertha
July 23, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed proposed cost allocations to retail electric providers for the cost of online broadcasting of PUCT meetings for FY 2027
July 13, 2026
The Texas PUC approved, without specific discussion at its open meeting, ERCOT Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request 282 (NOGRR282), which establishes frequency and voltage ride-through requirements for Large Computational Loads (LCLs).
July 9, 2026
In providing a presentation to the Texas PUC on an initial annual report concerning the residential load reduction goal, PUC Staff recommended that the Commission take a comprehensive look at demand response as a whole, of which residential demand response is a portion
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…
July 1, 2026
Texas State Rep. Drew Darby, Chair of the House Energy Resources committee, requested in a letter to the Texas PUC that the PUC, "extend demand-based transmission rate participation to Retail Electric Providers (REPs) serving residential customers".
July 1, 2026
Texas PUC Staff have recommended that residential customer participation in ERCOT Emergency Response Service (ERS) and TDU load management programs, "should be eliminated entirely or at the least significantly reduced."
June 30, 2026
Just Energy today announced a new Summer Saver Texas residential electric plan that offers a 2 cent per kWh credit off the plan's energy rate for the months of June, July, and August
June 29, 2026
Environ Energy today announced the acquisition of broker and energy management consultant Infinity Power Partners (IPP), with Environ describing the transaction as, "significantly expanding its energy management presence nationally with entry into the multifamily market."
June 12, 2026
Texas PUC Staff have made a recommendation concerning ERCOT's request for an adjustment to the 2026 Preliminary Long-Term Load Forecast (LTLF) pursuant to 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) § 25.370(e)(2)(B), with PUC Staff supporting the use of the Batch Zero Base Load Forecast.
June 12, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed recommended proposed rule language to replace the current 4CP transmission cost assignment methodology with a 12CP methodology
