by OCSC | Jan 31, 2022 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
ERCOT interim CEO Brad Jones said the grid operator needs more advance warning of potentially disruptive gas shortages. ________________________________________________ A special “gas desk” to monitor the supply of natural gas to the state’s power plants may begin...
by OCSC | Jan 25, 2022 | Blog, Generation
Had Energy Transfer followed through, about a third of the plants owned by the state’s largest power generator, Luminant, could have suspended operations. ________________________________________________ Energy Transfer — a major natural gas pipeline company with...
by OCSC | Dec 19, 2021 | Blog, Generation
The Texas Public Utility Commission will wait until 2022 to consider “Phase II” changes for the state’s electricity market. ________________________________________________ The Texas Public Utility Commission has signed off on a first batch of Winter Storm Uri...
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...
