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October 1, 2015
The success seen by Direct Energy during two critical peak events called during this summer in Texas under its behavioral demand response program "overwhelmed" the company, Liz Maberry, Senior Director of Innovation at Direct Energy, told attendees at the Gulf Coast Power Association fall conference…
September 30, 2015
CPS Energy would pay $32,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, related to primary frequency response (PFR)…
September 25, 2015
The Public Utility Commission of Texas directed Staff to hold a series of Staff-led workshops concerning the ERCOT reliability standard.
September 8, 2015
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have filed recommended fees to be allocated to retail electric providers and other companies to cover the cost of broadcasting PUCT meetings online.
September 2, 2015
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) expects to have sufficient generation available to serve forecasted peak demands in the upcoming fall and winter months, it said in releasing its final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for fall and the preliminary outlook for the…
August 21, 2015
Panda Power Funds announced that it will construct a 450 MW expansion of its 758 MW combined cycle natural gas power facility in Sherman, Texas.
August 21, 2015
ERCOT has posted a draft concept paper on distributed energy resources (DERs) in the ERCOT region intended to serve as a catalyst for development of new Protocols and other market rules affecting DERs in the ERCOT region and ERCOT wholesale markets, centered around two primary goals: (1)·Collection…
August 17, 2015
During Friday's open meeting, Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson noted that during the recent heat in Texas, the ERCOT market has seen a significant and repeated reduction of load once certain prices are hit (non-emergency curtailments).
August 6, 2015
EIF Channelview Cogeneration, LLC f/k/a GIM Channelview Cogeneration, LLC would pay $83,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve its alleged failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1, relating to governor in…
July 31, 2015
Texas Approves Settlement Imposing New Charges on REPs
July 30, 2015
ERCOT's Independent Market Monitor has released the 2014 state of the market report, which finds the overall performance of the ERCOT market to be competitive in 2014.
July 21, 2015
ERCOT is "amenable" to taking on certain data warehouse and management functions of Smart Meter Texas, but said that it should not be charged with any customer-facing aspects of SMT, such as the customer portal, ERCOT said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas
July 15, 2015
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. would pay $120,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve allegations that Brazos failure to adhere to Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2…
July 6, 2015
ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resources:
June 19, 2015
Texas Public Utility Commissioners yesterday discussed next steps regarding their review of the reserve margin, with Chairman Donna Nelson stating that with ERCOT's "healthy" reserve margins, there is no "hurry" to resolve the issue.
June 10, 2015
Nueces Electric Cooperative, Inc., for its NEC Retail division, has withdrawn a formal complaint against AEP Texas Central Company at the Public Utility Commission of Texas, stating that the issue has been rendered moot.
June 10, 2015
ERCOT's Board of Directors has approved a nearly 20% increase in the system administration fee, and will seek approval for the new fee from the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
June 8, 2015
Two Texas generators would collectively pay $70,000 under settlements with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, relating to primary frequency response
May 26, 2015
Tony C. Marsh d/b/a MAMO Enterprises would pay $10,000 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Staff's allegations that MAMO Enterprises filed "false and misleading information" as part of financial statement submissions to ERCOT.
May 26, 2015
The Texas Coalition for Affordable Power has partnered with Gexa Energy to design and implement several demand response programs for TCAP aggregation members.
May 12, 2015
Luminant Generation Company LLC and Big Brown Power Company LLC would collectively pay $121,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve alleged violations of ERCOT Protocols § 8.5.1.1 and ERCOT Operating Guide §§ 2.2.8 and 2.3.1.2, relating to primary…
May 7, 2015
Preston Ochsner has resigned as CEO of Jade Energy LLC d/b/a Bose Power effective May 6, 2015 to pursue other opportunities.
May 5, 2015
ERCOT's latest Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report shows that reserve margins are expected to exceed 15 percent through 2021, and above the target 13.75% through 2022.
April 17, 2015
The Texas Senate last week passed SB 774 which would extend until September 1, 2019 the ability for distribution service providers to establish rates charged to retail electric providers through non-rate case periodic rate adjustments, meaning alternative ratemaking mechanisms such as the…
April 17, 2015
The Texas Senate earlier this week passed SB 933, which would grant the Public Utility Commission of Texas with authority to review transmission interconnections that enable imports or exports from the ERCOT power grid
