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Texas Commission Rejects SPS ROFR Request

Jul 31, 2017
Tom Kleckner
By Tom Kleckner AUSTIN, Texas — The Public Utility Commission of Texas agreed Friday that Southwestern Public Service does not have the exclusive right to build transmission facilities in its service territory, signaling a final order will be considered at its next meeting. The PUC’s decision was not the answer...
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Texas Heat Leads to more ERCOT Demand Records

Jul 31, 2017
Tom Kleckner
A Central Texas heat wave is leading to surging demand for electricity, helping ERCOT continue its streak of breaking demand records. The Texas grid operator’s latest record came Friday when it reported 69,525 MW of demand between 4 and 5 p.m., the fifth time in July it exceeded last year’s...
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AEP to Spend $4.5B on Largest Wind Farm in US

Jul 30, 2017
By Peter Key and Tom Kleckner American Electric Power, once the biggest coal-burning utility in the U.S., now plans the nation’s largest wind farm, a 2,000-MW project in the western Oklahoma Panhandle that would be connected to subsidiaries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas by a 350-mile EHV transmission line.
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NextEra Seeks $275M Fee for Failed Oncor Bid

Jul 26, 2017
Tom Kleckner
By Tom Kleckner NextEra Energy CEO Jim Robo said Wednesday that the Florida-based company would “vigorously” pursue a $275 million termination fee it says it is owed following a failed attempt to acquire Texas utility Oncor. NextEra CEO Jim Robo | © RTO Insider The Public Utility Commission of Texas...
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Texas City Files to Mothball 454-MW Coal Plant

Jul 23, 2017
Tom Kleckner
The City of Garland, Texas, last week told ERCOT it wants to mothball a 454-MW power plant for all but the summer. | Tom Harpool Collection, University of North Texas Special Collections The city’s municipal utility, Garland Power & Light, said it wants to run Gibbons Creek Generating Station only...
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Load Migrations Put SPP’s Focus on Retention

Jul 20, 2017
Tom Kleckner
By Tom Kleckner DENVER — As it comes to grips with the migration of 430 MW of West Texas load to ERCOT, SPP is confronting the possibility that as much as 1,300 MW of additional load could leave its system. SPP members are encouraging the RTO to explore the reasons...
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UPDATED: PUCT Staff Welcomes Buffett’s Oncor Bid; Debtor Miffed

Jul 7, 2017
Rich Heidorn Jr.
By Tom Kleckner and Rich Heidorn Jr. Warren Buffett’s bid for Oncor won an immediate endorsement from the head of the Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff Friday, suggesting the Oracle of Omaha may succeed where two other suitors for the state’s largest transmission and distribution utility failed. But first, Buffett may...
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Report: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Nears Deal to Buy Oncor

Jul 6, 2017
Tom Kleckner
By Tom Kleckner Warren Buffett is stepping in where two other suitors have failed and will soon make a deal for Oncor, Texas’ largest transmission and distribution utility, according to The Wall Street Journal. Citing sources “familiar with the matter,” the Journal reported that an announcement by Berkshire Hathaway Energy...
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NextEra-Oncor Deal Meets Third Denial

Jul 2, 2017
Tom Kleckner
By Tom Kleckner Texas regulators last week again refused to revisit their decision to reject NextEra Energy’s proposed acquisition of Oncor, the state’s largest regulated utility. Anderson | © RTO Insider The ruling by the Public Utility Commission of Texas came just two days after Florida-based NextEra filed a 57-page...
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ERCOT Briefs: Week of June 28

June Sees 3 New Demand Highs
Jul 2, 2017
Tom Kleckner
Sweltering temperatures led to three new ERCOT demand records in quick succession during June. The ISO has set eight highs for monthly demand during the last 12 months. The Texas grid operator recorded consecutive peaks of 66.7 GW, 67.5 GW and 67.7 GW during the afternoon of June 23. The...
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