January 6, 2026
ERCOT Market Regulatory Vet Tapped For Role At Google
Eric Schubert has started a new position at Google as Strategic Negotiator, Energy Market Development (ERCOT territory)
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December 23, 2025
ERCOT Provides Details On Batch Study Process Proposed For Large Load Interconnection, Stakeholder Engagement
ERCOT in a market notice provided further details concerning its proposed new interconnection process for large loads -- called the "Batch Study process" -- which ERCOT also discussed at last week's PUCT meeting
December 17, 2025
Conduit Power to Develop 200 MW of Distributed Gas-Fired Generation in ERCOT, Announces Financial Partners
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 File Proposal For Texas Energy Fund - Texas Backup Power Package Program
Texas PUC Staff have filed a recommended proposal for publication to implement the Texas Energy Fund - Texas Backup Power Package Program.
December 12, 2025
ERCOT Announces Strategic Organizational Changes to Support Grid Reliability, Rapid Demand Growth, and Innovation
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) today announced a series of strategic organizational changes, "designed to accelerate innovation, strengthen grid reliability, and support the unprecedented growth in electric demand across Texas," ERCOT said
December 12, 2025
Texas PUC Staff Propose Different Ancillary Service Cost Allocation Methods To Be Included In Required Study
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
December 10, 2025
Texas QSE Would Pay $90,000 Under Settlement With PUC Staff
ENGIE Energy Marketing NA, Inc. (EEMNA) would pay $90,000 under a settlement agreement with Staff of the Texas PUC to resolve alleged violations of 16 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §25.507(d)(6) and ERCOT Nodal Protocols §§ 8.1.3.2 and 8.1.3.1.4, related to emergency response service (ERS).
December 9, 2025
ERCOT Posts Pre-Release Draft Of Capacity, Demand and Reserves Report
ERCOT said in a market notice that ERCOT is making a pre-release draft version of the Report on Capacity, Demand and Reserves in the ERCOT Region (CDR) available for review and comment before the official release on December 21, 2025.
December 4, 2025
Texas PUC Staff Would Decline To Adopt EOP Rule Changes Sought By Retail Providers
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a recommended proposal for adoption to implement changes to the rules governing the required development and submission of Emergency Operations Plans (EOP) by various industry participants, including REPs
December 1, 2025
Calpine Terminates Voluntary Mitigation Plan, Citing Market Changes Under RTC+B
Calpine Corporation provided notice to the Texas PUC of termination of its Voluntary Mitigation Plan (VMP) effective December 2, 2025.
December 1, 2025
ERCOT Reports 2025 4CP Dates
ERCOT reported that the 2025 4CP dates were June 19, July 30, August 18, and September 4.
December 1, 2025
Texas PUC Report: Pay-As-Bid, Other Wholesale Pricing Alternatives Would Increase Costs To Small Customers
A report prepared for the Texas PUC concludes that various alternatives to a uniform clearing price (UCP) mechanism in ERCOT, including pay-as-bid (PAB), would increase costs to customers, including residential customers
November 26, 2025
Texas Retail Provider Reports Storage & Retail Customer Count
In its comments to the Texas PUC concerning transmission cost recovery ( see related story today ), Base Power Company reported that it has deployed over 180 MWh of energy storage capacity on the grid, currently serving more than 9,000 Texas residents with their electricity supply
November 26, 2025
Texas Retail Provider Says Transmission Cost Allocation, Recovery Should Be Shifted To LSEs (REPs), Rather Than TDUs
In comments to the Texas PUC concerning transmission cost allocation and recovery (including an evaluation of the current 4CP methodology), Base Power Company proposed that, to properly allocate transmission costs, "the calculation of load contributions and eventual allocations of transmission costs…
November 25, 2025
ERCOT Files Magnitude Value For 2026, Used In Determination Of Reliability Standard
ERCOT has filed a recommended 2026 value for the magnitude criteria which is part of establishing the reliability standard under Texas PUC rules
November 21, 2025
ERCOT Reports Changes In Calculation Of Market Participant Credit Requirements Due To RTC+B Go-Live
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 20, 2025
City of Houston Seeks To Subject Texas Retail Electric Providers To New Performance Measure Related To, "Correct Rate Plan, Term, And Charges," & Other New Measures
In comments to the Texas PUC, the City of Houston has recommended new performance measure reporting for retail electric providers, including, "hav[ing] the REPs report Customer Enrollment Accuracy including the correct rate plan, term, and charges [REP rate plan and applicable term, TDSP Pass…
November 19, 2025
Global Energy Company Expands Retail Supply Business To Texas
SmartestEnergy US, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni, has expanded its retail energy business to Texas and the ERCOT market
November 10, 2025
ERCOT Posts Consultant Report Finding Status Quo Market Design Will Lead To Reliability Challenges Under Both Moderate And High Load Growth Scenarios
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 7, 2025
ERCOT To Hold Cost of New Entry (CONE) Workshop
ERCOT will host a workshop on November 21, 2025 to review the current Cost of New Entry (CONE) value approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) for use in planning studies, including potential usage in next year's reliability assessment requirement for the Commission's reliability…
November 5, 2025
Texas PUC Chair Proposes Adding Large-load Interconnections As Key Priority For Which ERCOT Must Meet Performance Measures
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.
November 5, 2025
Texas Retail Provider Sells Customer Book
STAT Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Wolverine Holdings, has sold its ERCOT retail electricity customer portfolio to Spark HoldCo, LLC, an affiliate of Via Renewables, Inc.
November 1, 2025
Calpine Announces Phase 2 of Powered Land Agreement, Power Supply Agreement to Support Hyperscale Data Center Adjacent to Texas Power Plant
Calpine Corporation today announced the second phase of its 400-megawatt (MW) power supply agreement with Dallas-based CyrusOne, a global data center developer and operator, to serve a new data center adjacent to the Thad Hill Energy Center in Bosque County, Texas.
November 1, 2025
ERCOT IMM Opposes NPRR Which Would Create Program Paying Texas Retail Providers For Residential Demand Response
The Independent Market Monitor for ERCOT has submitted comments opposing Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 1296 which would create an ERCOT-funded program providing incentive payments to retail electric providers (via REPs' QSEs) for residential demand response (RDR program)
October 31, 2025
Texas PUC Staff File Draft Proposal For Adoption To Eliminate Small-Fish-Swim-Free Rule, Address Exemption Sought By Batteries, Effective Date, IMM Mitigation Approach
The Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for adoption that would eliminate the small-fish-swim-free rule in ERCOT