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ERCOT: Sufficient Capacity to Meet Fall Demand

Sep 6, 2021

ERCOT's final resource adequacy assessment for the fall indicates it has sufficient installed generating capacity to meet peak demand under extreme conditions.

Texas PUC Faces Sticky Issue in Setting Weather Rules

Aug 16, 2021

Tom Kleckner

Texas regulators are grappling with writing weather preparedness measures for generators and transmission service providers as required by state law.

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ERCOT to PUC: Outage Procedures Changes Coming

Aug 2, 2021

Tom Kleckner

ERCOT told the Texas PUC that it will change its outage-request procedures to avoid having too much generation offline at one time.

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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: July 28, 2021

Aug 2, 2021

Tom Kleckner

ERCOT stakeholders pushed back against interim CEO Brad Jones’ plan to convert TAC into an officer-level group and the increased use of ancillary services.

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‘Best Market in the World’ Faces Uncertain Future

ERCOT Stakeholders Debate Texas Grid’s Future at EBA Summit

Jul 29, 2021

Tom Kleckner

Ex-ERCOT director Peter Cramton still has high hopes for the Texas grid operator, which he says is still "the best market in the world."

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ERCOT Briefs: Week of July 19, 2021

Jul 26, 2021

Tom Kleckner

ERCOT has filed to finance $2.9 billion in market debt stemming from high-priced market transactions during February’s devastating winter storm.

Texans’ Conservation Keeps ERCOT Grid Stable

Conservation Call Raises Ghosts of Recent Tight Conditions

Jun 21, 2021

Tom Kleckner

Texans responding to ERCOT's call for conservation helped the embattled grid operator survive another week of tight conditions.

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Abbott Taps OPUC’s Cobos to Fill out PUC

Jun 17, 2021

Tom Kleckner

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed the OPUC's Lori Cobos to the Public Utility Commission, filling out the current commission.

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Abbott Signs Texas Grid Legislation into Law

Jun 8, 2021

Tom Kleckner

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a pair of comprehensive reform bills that he said would fix the “flaws” that led to February’s power failure.

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Former PUC Commissioners Weigh in on ERCOT Fixes

Jun 7, 2021

Tom Kleckner

Former Texas regulators made recommendations they hope will prevent additional weather-driven blackouts like those that devastated the state in February.

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ERCOT: Sufficient Capacity to Meet Fall Demand

Texas PUC Faces Sticky Issue in Setting Weather Rules

ERCOT to PUC: Outage Procedures Changes Coming

ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: July 28, 2021

‘Best Market in the World’ Faces Uncertain Future

ERCOT Briefs: Week of July 19, 2021

Texans’ Conservation Keeps ERCOT Grid Stable

Abbott Taps OPUC’s Cobos to Fill out PUC

Abbott Signs Texas Grid Legislation into Law

Former PUC Commissioners Weigh in on ERCOT Fixes

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