HomeNews By TopicERCOT
Narrow these results by state, topic, company or docket — filters stack, and every story shown carries all of them.
September 13, 2016
BioUrja Power, LLC has submitted an application to the United States Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States (including from ERCOT) to Mexico
September 9, 2016
During yesterday's open meeting, Texas PUC Chair Donna Nelson and Commissioner Brandy Marty Marquez were generally cool to a major overhaul of the Emergency Response Service (ERS) program, but said that certain tweaks should be studied, including the use of ERS for resolving local congestion, and…
September 6, 2016
The Public Utility Commission of Texas should consider requiring the merged AEP Texas utilities to seek from FERC an order disclaiming jurisdiction over the merged AEP Utilities' wholesale transmission rates for service wholly within ERCOT as a condition of approving the merger of AEP Texas Central…
September 2, 2016
ERCOT has issued an initial determination stating that Calpine's units CTL_GT_102, CTL_GT_103, CTL_GT_104, CTL_ST_101, CTL_ST_102 (Clear Lake) are needed to support ERCOT transmission system reliability.
September 2, 2016
ERCOT expects to have enough generation available to meet the region’s electricity demands this fall and winter, it said in releasing its final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for fall (October-November) and the preliminary outlook for winter (December-February).
September 2, 2016
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have outlined three potential options for the next steps in the Commission's consideration of potential changes to Emergency Response Service (ERS)
August 31, 2016
ERCOT has submitted Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR 800), Revisions to Credit Exposure Calculations to Use Electricity Futures Market Prices, which would use futures prices in certain credit exposure calculations
August 26, 2016
A draft Texas PUC order has been posted which would include revised conditions meant to protect ERCOT ratepayers from costs arising from the City of Garland's Rusk-to-Panola Double-Circuit 345-kV line, which is to facilitate the export, via DC Tie, of ERCOT power via the Southern Cross Transmission…
August 25, 2016
"Customers ability to shop and find true differences in the competitive market are compromised under SFV [straight-fixed variable rate design]," and the Public Utility Commission of Texas should decline to adopt or recommend its use, the Office of Public Utility Counsel said in reply comments on a…
August 19, 2016
The Texas PUC moved to protect customers in ERCOT from paying higher costs from the City of Garland's Rusk-to-Panola Double-Circuit 345-kV line, which is to facilitate the export, via DC Tie, of ERCOT power via the Southern Cross Transmission line
August 17, 2016
The City of Austin d/b/a Austin Energy would pay $8,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violation of 16 Tex. Admin. Code (TAC) §§ 25.503(f) and 25.507(f)(2), concerning failures to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)…
August 11, 2016
Moving to straight-fixed variable (SFV) rates or other alternative TDU ratemaking designs would carry a, "significant price tag," for the retail market, Steve Davis, representing the REP Coalition, said at a public hearing on a consultant report concerning alternative ratemaking prepared for the…
August 3, 2016
ERCOT has proposed Nodal Protocol Revision Request 795 to require that capital expenditures funded by ERCOT under a Reliability Must Run (RMR) agreement are refunded if the RMR later returns to service outside of an RMR agreement.
July 29, 2016
ERCOT has posted its responses to the questions received related to the Request for Proposals (RFP) for Must-Run Alternatives (MRA) to the existing Reliability-Must Run (RMR) Agreement with NRG Texas Power LLC's Greens Bayou Unit 5
July 29, 2016
Calpine announced today a plan to file with ERCOT for the retirement of its 400 MW Clear Lake Power Plant no later than summer of 2018, and possibly sooner depending on negotiations with the facility's bilateral counterparties
July 21, 2016
Oncor Electric Delivery Company would pay $130,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of PURA § 39.151(d) and 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.503(f)(8) (TAC), relating to the provision of information to ERCOT, arising from an incorrect line…
July 21, 2016
During yesterday's open meeting, Public Utility Commission of Texas Chairman Donna Nelson said that she had been contacted by Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative as well as Lone Star Transmission concerning a project proposed to move the small portion of Rayburn that is currently within SPP to…
July 20, 2016
Noting that other loads may seek to join ERCOT as Lubbock Power & Light is seeking to do, Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, said in a memo in advance of today's open meeting that the Commission should open a rulemaking addressing issues related to such transitions, to…
July 18, 2016
"Calpine encourages the Commission [Texas PUC] to consider eliminating the current ERS [Emergency Response Service] program," Calpine said in comments in a project reviewing ERS (45927)
July 18, 2016
ERCOT informed market participants that, as part of ongoing litigation relating to the development of the Panda Sherman and Panda Temple plants, ERCOT has received discovery requests from plaintiffs seeking a variety of information relating to the development of generation in ERCOT.
July 14, 2016
ERCOT has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to procure one or more resources as a Must-Run Alternative (MRA) to the existing Reliability-Must Run (RMR) Agreement with NRG Texas Power LLC's Greens Bayou Unit 5, which is required as ERCOT found that the plant, which had sought to suspend operations…
June 23, 2016
In filing comments at the Texas PUC concerning Lubbock Power & Light's proposal to join ERCOT, the Retail Electric Provider Coalition, "encourages the Commission to consider the inclusion of retail competition for the LP&L service territory as part of any further studies or public interest findings…
June 22, 2016
Gexa Energy, LP introduced three new demand response programs for commercial and industrial customers located in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market, while affiliate NextEra Energy Services launched two similar programs tailored for customers in PJM
June 21, 2016
NRG Texas Power LLC would pay $35,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Section 39.151 of PURA and 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.503, related to compliance with ERCOT procedures, due to the alleged failure to install a Power System…
June 17, 2016
On June 16, 2016, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for NRG's generation resource Petra Nova Power I LLC, PNPI_GT2 with an effective date of July 18, 2016.
