Anxiety over the proliferation of cryptocurrency mines in Texas has prompted the proposed regulation, but it also could affect oil fields, steel mills and other major electricity consumers ________________________________________________ ERCOT is considering a new...
ERCOT began developing its Aggregate Distributed Energy Resource pilot project in June 2022. ________________________________________________ Two ‘virtual power plants’ (VPPs) are now qualified and able to provide dispatchable power to the Texas electric grid,...
Of bills that received approval during the most recent Texas legislative session, about 70 pertain to the Texas Public Utility Commission and its regulatory activities. ________________________________________________ Lawmakers during the recently-concluded...
The IMM concludes that there should exist sufficient revenues in the energy and Ancillary Services market to maintain ERCOT’s existing generation fleet and to support investment in new resources. ________________________________________________ Each spring the...
Jackson is a chemical engineer who has served as a PUC commissioner since August 2022. ________________________________________________ Public Utility Commissioner Kathleen Jackson has been selected to become the agency’s interim chair, following the resignation this...
