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November 26, 2013
A capacity mandate in ERCOT would increase costs and harm the Texas economy, two large employers, Wal-Mart and Valero, told the Texas Senate yesterday
November 26, 2013
The fiction that without a mandated reserve margin ERCOT is going to drop to about an equilibrium 9% reserve margin -- the unsupported narrative offered by the Brattle report -- was derided by Texas Senators given that 14 years of operation of the energy-only market have never seen anything come…
November 22, 2013
Introduction of a capacity market in Texas would be a "serious mistake" and endanger the economic prosperity that Texas has enjoyed, Nucor Steel - Texas warned the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
November 21, 2013
Despite two years of dire warnings about blackouts and capacity owners "talking down" Texas' business climate, Texas cities continue to catch the attention of national business and economic publications for their economic strength and job creation, taking top marks in recent rankings by Forbes and…
November 20, 2013
ERCOT issued a market notice with implementation details for NPRR568, Real-Time Reserve Price Adder Based on Operating Reserve Demand Curve, which was approved by the ERCOT Board on November 19, 2013
November 20, 2013
The Texas Senate Committee on Natural Resources will hold a hearing, "to receive an update on recent electric discussions at the Public Utility Commission of Texas."
November 19, 2013
A capacity market would increase Texas electric bills, but without any clear benefit to consumers, concludes a report from the Texas Coalition for Affordable Power and the Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor
November 18, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has agreed on a series of questions to be issued for stakeholder comment regarding various options to meet a mandated reserve margin
November 18, 2013
More and more of the drivers of Texas economic growth are formally telling the Public Utility Commission of Texas that a capacity market would be "damaging" to businesses due to increased costs.
November 18, 2013
ERCOT will increase the System Administration Fee effective January 1, 2014.
November 15, 2013
America's Natural Gas Alliance, representing independent natural gas exploration and production companies with operations in Texas, has said that it would be "premature" for the Public Utility Commission of Texas to adopt a mandated reserve margin
November 14, 2013
"Having been present since day one of the current market structure, I can assure you that the legislature designed the energy only market for good reason," Texas State Senator Troy Fraser said in a November 13 letter to Donna Nelson, Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas
November 13, 2013
Several coalitions representing end users and industrial customers have filed a complaint at FERC regarding what complainants argue are "unjust and unreasonable" transmission rates in the Midwest ISO due to the currently used Base Returns on Equity as well as various adders.
November 13, 2013
Actions undertaken by NRG Energy belie NRG's claims that the energy-only market does not support investment in new capacity and that the energy-only market does not provide economically viable returns, retail provider Source Power & Gas LLC said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
November 11, 2013
Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have developed a list of proposed questions for stakeholder comment regarding real-time co-optimization of the ERCOT market (Project 41837).
November 4, 2013
Enerwise Global Technologies, Inc. would pay $12,500 under a settlement with Staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to resolve Staff's investigation of Enerwise for alleged violation of P.U.C. SUBST. R. 25.503(f)(2), and ERCOT Protocol § 8.1.3.1(6)(a) due to failure to deploy its Emergency…
November 4, 2013
ERCOT expects to have sufficient resources to meet winter and spring electricity demand, it said in a final winter assessment and preliminary spring outlook.
October 29, 2013
North American Power Formally Launches Rewards Program
October 29, 2013
Texas State Senator Troy Fraser has said that he will hold hearings on the Public Utility Commission of Texas' decision to institute a mandatory reserve margin.
October 28, 2013
ERCOT has received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resources:
October 28, 2013
With a majority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas agreeing that the reserve margin in ERCOT should be a mandate, the question immediately implicated is the mechanism to achieve the mandate.
October 28, 2013
In a triumph of government largesse over customer choice, a majority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas have endorsed a mandated reserve margin for the ERCOT region.
October 25, 2013
Perry Capital, LLC and CarVal Investors, LLC filed comments with the Public Utility Commission of Texas yesterday stating that a, "properly designed forward capacity market is the most efficient mechanism to both achieve mandatory reserve margin requirements and satisfy [sought] fundamental…
October 24, 2013
By Paul Ring • ring@energychoicematters.com
October 23, 2013
The Dallas Business Journal has published a great interview with John Werner, President of Source Power & Gas, in which Werner warns that granting compulsory capacity payments to capacity owners in ERCOT would allow those capacity owners who also own REPs to, "use that money to undercut me and…
