The PUC has adopted rules for winter weather preparation rules and set quick deadlines for implementation. ________________________________________________ Texas regulators this week adopted weather preparation rules and standards for electric generators and...
The new appointees — Paul Foster and Carlos Aguilar — are the first two directors named by the newly empaneled ERCOT Board Selection Committee, which was created in accordance with Senate Bill 2. ________________________________________________ The former Board of...
FERC and NERC staff developed the joint report and its related recommendations in response to last February’s winter emergency. ________________________________________________ Electric generation owners should design new units or retrofit existing ones to meet...
A new ERCOT report shows fall operating reserves of 27,771 megawatts under normal weather conditions. ________________________________________________ Oln September 3, ERCOT released its Final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA Report) for Fall of 2021....
HB 4492 includes within its 27 pages detailed language that pertain to the recovery of extraordinary energy-related costs falling broadly into two categories — the “default balance” costs and the “uplift balance” costs. ________________________________________________...
Changing the “ancillary services” market should be part of discussions for a “reliability first” approach to managing the state power grid, according to OCSC. ________________________________________________ A number of important energy market adjustments —...
