by OCSC | Oct 24, 2023 | News Roundup, Utility News
KRIS 6 NEWS: ERCOT CEO discusses reliability and challenges for the power grid Oct. 23 — If they didn’t before, many learned about the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or better known as ERCOT, in February 2021. When ERCOT’s power grid failed during a...
by OCSC | Oct 16, 2023 | Blog, ERCOT
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...
by OCSC | Aug 28, 2023 | Blog, ERCOT
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,...
by OCSC | Jul 31, 2023 | ERCOT, Texas Legislature
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...
by OCSC | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog, ERCOT
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...
