by OCSC | Dec 10, 2021 | Blog, Generation
The Texas Legislature mandated the new reports as part of its response to the February winter storm emergency. ________________________________________________ By failing to file winter weather reports by a deadline this month, eight Texas electric generation...
by OCSC | Nov 23, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
The report also explored five extreme scenarios. In four of them, the ERCOT grid would fall short. ________________________________________________ Texas should have sufficient power to meet demand this winter in all but the most challenging scenarios, according to a...
by OCSC | Nov 9, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
The agency’s intense focus on market redesign and related issues comes in response to last February’s statewide energy crisis that left 4 million Texans without power. ________________________________________________ Reforming the Texas power market remains a top...
by OCSC | Oct 22, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
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...
by OCSC | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog, Generation, Rates
The reduction, if approved by the PUC, should lead to lower wholesale power costs during extreme energy scarcity events, such as last February’s Winter Storm Uri emergency that left 4 million Texans without power ________________________________________________ In...
by OCSC | Sep 7, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
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....
