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November 1, 2018
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said today that it anticipates there will be sufficient installed generating capacity available to serve system-wide forecasted peak demand this winter and in spring 2019.
November 1, 2018
ERCOT has submitted new Retail Market Guide Revision Request 159 (RMGRR159), Revisions to Mass Transition Processes, to accelerate the mass transition process used in transitions to the providers of last resort (POLRs)
October 26, 2018
Walker: Must Consider Greater Customer Interplay In ERCOT Market
October 24, 2018
The resolution of an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceeding at ERCOT concerning a co-op's Congestion Revenue Rights will result in uplift to the ERCOT market after ERCOT determined that it should not have voided the co-op's Pre-Assigned Congestion Revenue Rights
October 24, 2018
ERCOT announced in a market notice that the previously reported IDR Meter workshop previously scheduled for November 6, 2018 has been cancelled.
October 22, 2018
Texas retail electric providers submitted further comments to the Texas PUC reporting that the Operating Reserves Demand Curve (ORDC) functioned as intended this summer
October 19, 2018
ERCOT will be hosting a workshop in support of future integrated Mass Transition testing on November 6, 2018.
October 17, 2018
Pure Energy LLC announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with RRE Power, LLC to facilitate and assist in the negotiation of a transaction agreement to potentially acquire 927 megawatts of utility scale solar projects in ERCOT.
October 15, 2018
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. filed with the Texas PUC a draft report titled "Estimation of the Market Equilibrium and Economically Optimal Reserve Margins for the ERCOT Region." The report estimates the Market Equilibrium Reserve Margin (MERM) and Economically Optimal Reserve…
October 10, 2018
On November 6, 2018, ERCOT will hold a workshop to discuss potential means of delivering IDR meter data to support initial settlement with actual data.
October 8, 2018
In a market notice, ERCOT reported that, at 23:56 on August 14, 2018, ERCOT implemented Downstream Production Changes (DPC) to add contingency definitions to the Network Operations Model (2018Aug.L2) that had been requested by a Transmission Service Provider (TSP).
October 3, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has issued a list of questions for stakeholder comment in Project No. 48023: Rulemaking to Address the Use of Non-Traditional Technologies in Electric Delivery Service
September 28, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will conduct a workshop regarding Project No. 48551, Review of Summer 2018 ERCOT Market Performance, on Thursday, October 25, 2018, at 1:30 p.m.
September 25, 2018
Blockchain-focused GridPlus Texas Inc. announced that it has begun flowing power to its first four customers in Texas
September 25, 2018
Pure Energy LLC announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with Tradewind Energy, Inc. to facilitate and assist in the negotiation of a transaction agreement to potentially acquire over 2,000 megawatts of utility scale solar projects in ERCOT
September 25, 2018
ERCOT has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas ERCOT's Review of the Summer of 2018 (June - August) presentation that includes key observations for the summer 2018 and links to summer analysis data sources
September 21, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas sought Commission guidance on two issues: harmony in the scarcity pricing mechanism in day-ahead and real-time, and the use of the Houston Ship Channel Gas Price Index
September 17, 2018
In comments to the Texas PUC concerning ERCOT summer market performance, the Texas Energy Association for Marketers (TEAM), in responding to a specific question concerning whether scarcity pricing produced sufficient revenue to ensure resource adequacy, stated, "If the Commission decides that an…
September 17, 2018
In comments to the Texas PUC concerning summer ERCOT market outcomes, Potomac Economics, the Independent Market Monitor (IMM) for ERCOT, said that, "Early indications of market outcomes through August are that net revenues provided by the ERCOT real-time market in 2018 will not be at a level…
September 12, 2018
Rio Grande Electric Cooperative (RGEC), Inc. has stated in response to an RFI that it does not wish to transfer existing customers in the Uvalde Estate Subdivision who are currently served by AEP Texas, and the customers' selected REP, but for which the Texas PUC has ruled that AEP Texas does not…
September 10, 2018
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have presented for Commission consideration a list of questions for stakeholder comment in Project No. 48023: Rulemaking to Address the Use of Non-Traditional Technologies in Electric Delivery Service
September 7, 2018
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) anticipates there will be sufficient installed generating capacity available to serve system-wide forecasted peak demand this fall and winter.
September 5, 2018
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric issued a Save The Date for its 2018 Competitive Retailer workshop, to be held November 14, 2018 in Galveston
August 24, 2018
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August 24, 2018
Starts Review By Proposing Questions On Wholesale Price Formation
In a proposed process to begin a review of the Summer 2018 ERCOT Market Performance, Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas noted that the PUC may wish to address lessons learned and issues related to retail mass transitions and market participant collateral, in addition to other issues…
