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March 10, 2026

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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas manages the flow of electric power to about 90 percent of the state’s electric load. The nonprofit independent system operator is governed by a board of directors and is subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature.
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Rice Study on Renewables’ Potential Has its Believers
A Rice University study suggests Texas renewable power production could become more reliable by combining different resources and locations.
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CPS Energy Shutters Deely Coal-fired Units
CPS Energy is now in the process of mothballing its J.T. Deely coal-fired plant, while NRG Energy intends to retire two gas units at its SR Bertron plant.
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ERCOT Faces Tight Summer Margins, Market Changes
ERCOT is preparing to take on the Texas heat again in 2019 with reserve margins that have shrunk even further than last summer's.
Texas PUC Briefs: Dec. 22, 2018
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved a certificate of convenience and necessity for CenterPoint’s proposed 345-kV project near Houston.
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SPP, ERCOT Set New Wind Generation Marks
Both SPP and ERCOT set new records for wind generation, with SPP producing a new wind peak of 16.4 GW after ERCOT topped out at 19.2 GW.
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ERCOT Board of Directors/Annual Meeting Briefs: Dec. 11, 2018
ERCOT is repeating many of the preparations it took before last summer as it looks ahead to even tighter reserve margins in 2019.
Texas PUC Briefs: Dec. 7, 2018
Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker urged ERCOT to gain a “better sense” of the distributed resources and self-generation that could be affecting its system.
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ERCOT Predicts Tight Reserve Margin for 2019
ERCOT said Tuesday that it confronts a historically low 8.1% planning reserve margin next summer in the face of continued high electricity demand from oil and gas producers in West Texas and the cancellation of several generation projects.
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Nov. 29, 2018
ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee endorsed a staff suggestion to increase by 50% the boundary thresholds used to project future loads in Far West Texas.
ERCOT CEO: Solar Growth ‘an Interesting Challenge’
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness says utility-scale solar “is the next big thing coming at us from the supply side,” giving the ISO one more challenge to consider.

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