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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.
Texas opened applications for $350 million in advanced nuclear grants through the Texas Advanced Nuclear Development Fund to support the state's nuclear energy industry.
A slew of interconnection requests from large load customers submitted by Oncor Electric Delivery has pushed the ERCOT queue for interested data centers and crypto miners to over 410 GW.
Texas regulators are launching a survey of water use by data centers and crypto miners to address concerns about whether the state is prepared for the potential demand from the large loads’ H2O needs.
The White House meeting and associated industry pledge were perhaps good theater, but would have been much more valuable a year or two ago, writes columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
The Texas Public Utility Commission filed a proposed rule change that would establish interconnection standards for large load customers and support business development while maintaining system reliability.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed former infrastructure developer Patrick Rhode to the state’s Public Utility Commission, bringing the agency to its full five-person complement.
American Electric Power named Southwestern Public Service Co.’s Adrian Rodriguez president and COO of AEP Texas, the company announced.
ERCOT plans to use a third workshop to inform the discussion with stakeholders on the Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service, which faces a June deadline to be brought before the Board of Directors.
ERCOT staff have promised more clarity on the link between the initial batch study process for large loads and the subsequent studies and existing planning structure during an upcoming workshop.
ERCOT says the critical path for a successful Batch Zero NPRR relies on a series of approval votes in May before the changes go to the board in June.
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