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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
