by OCSC | Mar 19, 2024 | Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature mandated the map’s creation in 2021, as part of Senate Bill 3, in response to Winter Storm Uri that left millions without power. ________________________________________________ Texans can now view portions of the state’s Electricity Supply Chain...
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 | Jun 27, 2023 | ERCOT
ERCOT argued that it enjoys immunity against legal actions relating to its official actions because the organization claims it acts as a division of state government. ________________________________________________ Sovereign immunity — the legal principle that...
by OCSC | Jan 31, 2022 | Blog, ERCOT
Approximately 4,400 megawatts of such capacity already exists within ERCOT, but the program would incentivize the creation of more. ________________________________________________ ERCOT and the PUC have spent the last several months working through details of the...
by OCSC | Jan 31, 2022 | Blog, ERCOT, Generation
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...