by R.A. Dyer | Aug 14, 2024 | ERCOT
Interested parties now have submitted 19 sets of responses to staff questions about the proposed Reliability Plan for the Permian Basin, which could be adopted by the PUC in September. ________________________________________________ On July 25, 2004, ERCOT filed with...
by OCSC | Jul 2, 2024 | ERCOT, Generation
The state’s top two elected officials warned that the state’s peak power needs could reach 150,000 megawatts by 2030. By comparison, generators currently can handle less than 85,000 MW of peak demand today, they said. ________________________________________________...
by OCSC | Jun 26, 2024 | ERCOT
As a result of its more conservative operational practices in the wake of Winter Storm Uri in 2021, ERCOT, beginning last summer, has deployed ECRS in what some experts described as excessive amounts. ________________________________________________ A city-initiated...
by OCSC | Jun 21, 2024 | ERCOT, Generation
Texas regulators were within their rights to lock the price of electricity at its maximum level during Winter Storm Uri in 2021, according to twin rulings this month by the state’s Supreme Court. ________________________________________________ Texas regulators were...
by OCSC | May 2, 2024 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
The new rules establish the “Texas Energy Fund Completion Bonus Grant Program” and create guidelines for generation developers seeking grants to construct new dispatchable power facilities or to expand existing ones. ________________________________________________...
by OCSC | Apr 24, 2024 | Blog, ERCOT
The organization’s CEO said a change in ERCOT’s forecasting methodology — combined with more Permian Basin oil production and an influx of new data centers and Bitcoin operations — had led to higher demand forecasts....
