Texas PUC Hints at Revisiting ERCOT Conservative Operations

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Nov 11, 2025 | Tom Kleckner

Texas regulators approved ERCOT’s methodologies for determining minimum ancillary services for 2026 while hinting at the same time that they are considering discontinuing the use of conservative operations.

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