by OCSC | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog, News Roundup
S&P Global: ERCOT generation and transmission winterization rules proposed for publicationAug. 25 — Generation and transmission entities in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas would have to complete by Dec. 1 “all actions necessary to prevent a...
by OCSC | Aug 30, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation, Texas Legislature
Changing the “ancillary services” market should be part of discussions for a “reliability first” approach to managing the state power grid, according to OCSC. ________________________________________________ A number of important energy market adjustments —...
by OCSC | Aug 27, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT
To help readers better understand ERCOT, the OCSC has released Coming To Terms with ERCOT: A Glossary and Primer. ________________________________________________ ERCOT, also known as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, is the non-profit corporation that...
by OCSC | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog, ERCOT, Texas Legislature
Power sector weatherization is required under new omnibus legislation adopted in response to February’s statewide outages. ________________________________________________ Although still incomplete, legislatively mandated weatherization rules for Texas generators and...
by OCSC | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog, News Roundup
Utility Dive: As Senate passes infrastructure bill, Democrats eye opportunity for more energy spending Aug. 11 — Democrats have also teed up a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that will include a clean electricity payment program, a clean energy...
by OCSC | Aug 8, 2021 | Blog, Utility News
Previously, three commissioners led the PUC, but after a change in law this year the agency now is set to have five members. ________________________________________________ Jimmy Glotfelty — a former energy company official and former senior advisor to the U.S....