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 Chair DeAnn Walker urged ERCOT to gain a “better sense” of the distributed resources and self-generation that could be affecting its system.

Public Utility Commission of Texas Chair DeAnn Walker said she asked ERCOT, SPP and MISO to collaborate on their reliability coordination agreements.

Shelly Botkin, the Public Utility Commission of Texas' newest member, has hardly followed a conventional path to becoming a utility regulator.

ERCOT told the Public Utility Commission of Texas that it will produce “higher quality estimates” for CenterPoint Energy's proposed transmission project.

The Texas Renewable Energy Industries Alliance’s (TREIA) 2018 GridNEXT Conference attracted a devoted group of renewable energy developers and marketers.

ERCOT market participants shared their thoughts with the PUCT on how to address the market’s lack of scarcity pricing and slim reserve margins.

The current ERCOT market design “will support more than sufficient reserve margins,” according to a draft report the grid operator filed with the Texas PUC.

The 33rd Annual GCPA Fall Conference attracted more than 640 registered attendees to Austin, Texas, for discussions on the issues facing the ERCOT market.

The PUCT signaled its discomfort with the rising costs of CenterPoint Energy’s planned 345-kV transmission line to serve load in the Freeport area.