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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…
December 16, 2016
ERCOT's latest Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report indicates sufficient reserve margins through 2021 despite an increase in the load forecasts
November 9, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have scheduled for December 14 a workshop on the rulemaking concerning Reliability Must-Run service in Project 46369
November 2, 2016
ERCOT currently expects to have enough generation capacity available to serve the region’s electricity demands this winter and next spring.
November 1, 2016
Reliability Must Run should require ERCOT Board approval, several NRG Energy subsidiaries said in comments to the Texas PUC concerning an RMR rulemaking
November 1, 2016
NextEra Energy, Inc. and Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC have filed an application at the Public Utility Commission of Texas for approval for NextEra to acquire Oncor, which touts NextEra's smaller retail market share, compared to TXU, in addressing affiliate concerns
October 24, 2016
Staff Draft Finds Current TDU Ratemaking Working Well
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed a draft report to legislators to accompany a consultant's report concerning alternative ratemaking in Texas
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 20, 2016
A Texas ALJ would approve the merger of AEP Texas Central and AEP Texas North into a single company (AEP Texas), with certain conditions
October 19, 2016
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said that it approved a final order in response to a petition from Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) and has exempted certain specified transactions of SPP from the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations, with the exception of the CFTC’s…
October 18, 2016
NEM: Billions of Dollars Saved by Texas Energy Consumers
"The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) is pleased to hold its 2016 Policy Leadership Roundtable in Austin, Texas to honor the industry leaders who have set a national standard of excellence in electricity market structure, as well as, competitively offered consumer energy and technology…
October 18, 2016
ERCOT issued a market notice stating that, under revised Reliability Must-Run (RMR) study metrics, NRG Texas Power LLC's Greens Bayou Unit 5 is not needed for RMR service beyond July 31, 2017
October 14, 2016
The National Energy Marketers Association announced that Robert "Bob" Hall III, Texas State Senator for District 2, will provide a keynote address at NEM's Fall Leadership Roundtable , to be held October 26 to October 28, 2016 in Austin, Texas
October 13, 2016
ERCOT issued a final determination of RMR status for Calpine's generation resources CTL_GT_102, CTL_GT_103, CTL_GT_104, CTL_ST_101, and CTL_ST_102 (Clear Lake units)
October 12, 2016
The ERCOT Board of Directors yesterday approved several nodal protocol revision requests (NPRRs), including NPRR 788, relating to RMR Study Modifications
October 11, 2016
ERCOT said in a market notice that it is deferring its final determination on the need for certain of Calpine's Clear Lake units until the ERCOT Board’s consideration of NPRR788, which would modify the studies used for ERCOT's evaluation of RMR determinations
October 11, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas filed a strawman proposal to, among other things, propose new provisions related to the evaluation of RMR service.
September 23, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday moved forward to drop use of the target 1-in-10 Loss of Load Expectation (LOLE) reliability standard, and potentially replace the target with four new metrics
September 23, 2016
Commissioner "Offended" By Termination Fee Provisions
Texas Public Utility Commissioners have expressed competitive concerns regarding NextEra Energy's proposed acquisition of Oncor, particularly in light of the structure of termination fees payable by Oncor parent Energy Future Holdings if the deal is not consummated for certain reasons (NextEra has…
September 20, 2016
Luminant Energy Company LLC would pay $35,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Luminant's alleged violation of 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) § 25.503(f)(2), concerning compliance with ERCOT Protocols § 8.1.1.2.1.4 and Operating Guide § 3.3.2.2, relating…
September 20, 2016
ERCOT said that it will not award any contracts for Must-Run Alternative (MRA) Resources that had been sought to eliminate the need for the Greens Bayou Unit 5 RMR contract, as ERCOT said that the proposals contained in the MRA responses did not provide an acceptable solution to the reliability…
September 19, 2016
On September 14, 2016, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resource with an effective date of October 1, 2016: Luminant Generation Company LLC – MARTIN LAKE SES, MLSES_UNIT2
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 15, 2016
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad has written in a letter to U.S. Senator John Boozman that Massad plans to recommend to his colleagues that the CFTC, "exempt RTOs and ISOs from all private rights of action under Section 22 of the Commodity Exchange Act ('CEA")…
