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March 15, 2025

CenterPoint Energy (CNP)

ERCOT
ERCOT Board OKs Mobile Generators in San Antonio
ERCOT’s Board of Directors has approved staff’s recommendation to pursue the use of 15 mobile generators as an alternative to extending the life of two aging gas units slated for retirement in South Texas.
Supreme Court of Texas
Texas Supremes Hear Arguments in Last Uri Case
The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments from distribution utilities seeking to dismiss what may be the final lawsuit stemming from February 2021's Winter Storm Uri.
Admin Monitor
ERCOT Plans on Mobile Generators in San Antonio
ERCOT wants to use CenterPoint Energy's leased mobile generators to temporarily resolve reliability issues in the San Antonio area.
Consumers Energy
DC Circuit Rejects Challenge to FERC Approval of Indiana Pipeline
The D.C. Circuit found the commission appropriately approved a new pipeline in Indiana meant to serve new natural gas generation that the state approved.
CPS Energy
ERCOT Finds Little Interest in MRAs for San Antonio Units
ERCOT’s request for must-run alternatives for cost-effective solutions to the congestion problems in San Antonio did not receive any responses by a Dec. 30 deadline, putting the solicitation in serious doubt. 
Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Shelves PCM Design Over Lack of Benefits
Texas regulators shelved the market design they once favored, agreeing with staff's recommendation that the performance credit mechanism results in “minimal” additional resource adequacy value.
Admin Monitor
ERCOT to Recommend RMR Agreement for Braunig
ERCOT will recommend that its Board of Directors approve a reliability-must-run contract for one of three aging CPS gas units, set for retirement, to maintain reliability in the San Antonio area.
Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Approves 1st System Resiliency Plan
Texas regulators approved the state’s first utility resiliency plan, a $3 billion proposal from Oncor to bulk up its distribution system over the next four years to better withstand and more quickly recover extreme weather and other events.
Admin Monitor
Texas Public Utility Commission Briefs: Oct. 24, 2024
The Texas Public Utility Commission has postponed action on Oncor Electric Delivery’s resiliency plan, the first from a state utility under new legislation.
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Texas Politicos, Residents Bash CenterPoint
The Texas Public Utility Commission made a rare trip out of Austin for a public hearing as it investigates CenterPoint Energy’s poor response to Hurricane Beryl in July.

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