September 19, 2023
ERCOT Releases Fall 2023 SARA
ERCOT has issued its Fall 2023 Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) Report
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September 15, 2023
ERCOT Receives Notification That Seasonally Mothballed Unit Returning To Year-Round Service
On September 15, 2023, ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resource…
August 24, 2023
ERCOT To Conduct Further Study Of Reliability Impact From Generating Unit Suspending Operations, May Invoke RMR/Alternatives Authority
ERCOT has released a reliability analysis determination for Barney Davis LLC (B_Davis_B_DAVIG1)
August 22, 2023
ERCOT Files Timelines Concerning PCM Development Milestones
ERCOT filed with the Texas PUC overviews detailing the following market enhancement initiatives: establishment of the Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS), development of the Performance Credit Mechanism (PCM), implementation of a multi-step floor to the Operating Reserve Demand Curve…
July 14, 2023
Seasonally Mothballed ERCOT Unit Changes Annual Start-Date
ERCOT has received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resource: GEUS (STEAM1A_STEAM_1)
July 14, 2023
ERCOT To Hold Workshop To Discuss Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS) Design Ideas
On July 27, 2023, ERCOT will host a workshop to discuss Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS) design ideas.
June 28, 2023
Mothballed ERCOT Generator Returning To Service Later Than Previously Stated
On June 27, 2023 ERCOT received an amended Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resource: Petra Nova Power I LLC – PNPI_GT2
June 27, 2023
ERCOT Receives Notification of Suspension of Operations
ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resource: Barney Davis LLC - B_Davis_B_DAVIG1
June 26, 2023
ERCOT Provides Implementation Options For New Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS)
ERCOT filed a presentation at the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Commission) which summarizes two potential implementation options for a Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS), which is required by recent legislation
June 23, 2023
Texas Supreme Court Rules That ERCOT Is Entitled To Sovereign Immunity
Panda CDR Case Dismissed; Dismissal Of CPS Energy Uri Claims Affirmed
The Supreme Court of Texas ("Court") issued an order which answers the questions below in the following manner:
June 14, 2023
ERCOT Receives Notification of Suspension of Operations
On June 14, 2023, ERCOT received a Notification of Suspension of Operations (NSO) for the following Generation Resource: Signal Hill Generating LLC (WFCOGEN_UNIT4)
June 13, 2023
ERCOT Files Presentation Summarizing Preliminary Results Of Reliability Standard Study
ERCOT filed with the Texas PUC a presentation summarizing the preliminary results of ERCOT’s reliability standard study. This presentation will be presented at the June 19, 2023 Reliability and Markets Committee Meeting.
May 30, 2023
ERCOT IMM Annual Report: With ORDC Changes, Net Revenues Exceed CONE For New Peaking Plants, Despite Capacity Surplus
The ERCOT Independent Market Monitor filed its 2022 state of the market report which, among other things, concludes that net revenues now exceed the CONE range for new peaking resources (despite the prevailing capacity surplus)
May 30, 2023
Texas PUC Sunset Bill Heads To Governor, Includes Retail-Focused PCM Guardrails, New Uncertainty A/S Product
Both Texas Houses have agreed on and passed a version of HB1500, the PUC sunset bill, with various provisions addressing a range of electricity policy issues.
May 26, 2023
Two Key Texas Electric Bills Head To Conference Committee
Both Texas SB7 and HB1500, both which include each house's version of PCM guardrails as well as other electricity policy provisions, are headed to the conference committee process, as neither house concurred with the other chamber's respective amendments to each bill
May 26, 2023
Mothballed ERCOT Unit Returning To Year-Round Service
On May 25, 2023 ERCOT received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resource: Petra Nova Power I LLC – PNPI_GT2
May 23, 2023
Update: Texas PCM Guardrails Bill Passes House With $1 Billion Cap, Retail Market Protections (Differs From Senate)
The Texas House passed SB 7, a bill, which among other things, places certain guardrails on the performance credit mechanism (PCM)
May 22, 2023
Texas PCM Guardrails Bill Passed To Third Reading In House With $1 Billion Cap, Retail Market Protections
The Texas house today voted to pass to third reading SB 7, a bill, which among other things, places certain guardrails on the performance credit mechanism (PCM)
May 18, 2023
New York To Consider Whether To Provide Ratepayer Funds To Deploy "Zero-Emission Technologies" (Including Generation)
The New York PSC initiated a new process to explore technologies that can support reliability once conventional fossil fuel generation has been removed from the system, under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) statute
May 12, 2023
Seasonal Mothball Unit in ERCOT Returning To Service Earlier Than Indicated
ERCOT has received a Notification of Change of Generation Resource Designation (NCGRD) for the following Generation Resource: GEUS (STEAM1A_STEAM_1)
May 8, 2023
ERCOT Receives Notification of Suspension of Operations
ERCOT has received three (3) Notification of Suspension of Operations for the following Generation Resources, owned by Lubbock Power and Light: BRANDON_UNIT1, MASSENGL_G6, MASSENGL_G7, MASSENGL_G8, TY_COOKE_GT2, TY_COOKE_GT3
May 3, 2023
New ERCOT Summer SARA Report Forecasts Avoidance Of Load Shed Under Most Scenarios
ERCOT posted its May 2023 Report on the Capacity, Demand and Reserves in the ERCOT Region and its Summer 2023-2024 Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) Report
April 20, 2023
Texas PUC Staff Make Recommendations On Reliability Standard, Addressing Mandate, Deliverability, Seasonality, Locationality, More
Staff of the Texas PUC have issued a memo with recommendations concerning establishment of reliability standard for the ERCOT market
April 5, 2023
Texas Senate Passes SB2012
The Texas Senate passed an amended version of SB 2012, which includes guardrails on any PCM implementation, including certain protections against gentailers, and which no longer includes a REP market share cap
April 3, 2023
Revised Substitute Texas Senate Bill Concerning REP Market Share Reported Favorably; Includes "Protections" Against Gentailers In Any PCM Market
The Texas Senate Committee on Business & Commerce has reported favorably a revised committee substitute for SB 2012