by OCSC | Mar 7, 2024 | Blog, ERCOT
ADERs are comprised are small generation resources that respond in aggregate to ERCOT demand response instructions. ________________________________________________ A pilot project to test the feasibility of aggregating distributed energy resources — that is,...
by OCSC | Feb 20, 2024 | Blog, ERCOT
A lawsuit filed by a Houston-based power trader alleges the PUC created “illegal competition rules” by implementing changes that drove up wholesale energy prices. ________________________________________________ Texas regulators broke the law by implementing rules...
by OCSC | Feb 20, 2024 | Blog, ERCOT
University of Texas mechanical engineering professor Michael Webber, who assisted in the bill’s drafting, has said that creating new interconnections would allow Texas to export clean energy to urban centers on both coasts....
by OCSC | Feb 5, 2024 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
During a January 30 hearing, the state’s highest court heard oral arguments from lawyers for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Calpine Corp., and Luminant. The implications of the lawsuit are immense. ________________________________________________ A lawsuit...
by OCSC | Jan 23, 2024 | ERCOT, Texas Legislature
Required under Senate Bill 3 adopted during the 87th Texas Legislature, the new “Emergency Pricing Program” rules address two interworking pricing caps in the ERCOT wholesale power market. ________________________________________________ The PUC has adopted new rules...
by OCSC | Jan 10, 2024 | Blog, ERCOT
The “Southern Spirit Transmission” project calls for the construction of a new 400-mile transmission line across Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. ________________________________________________ Aplan to link ERCOT to the eastern electric grid has drawn renewed...
