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January 9, 2026

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

EIA
EIA Increases Projections of Power Generation Growth
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is boosting its estimate of national power generation growth to 2.3% this year and 3.0% next year.
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ERCOT Fills out Board with 2 Final Selections
ERCOT’s board selection committee selected two new independent directors, restoring the Board of Directors' full complement of seats after several departures earlier in 2025.
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Clean Energy Sector in Texas Grapples with New Legislation, Large Loads
ERCOT stakeholders at the Infocast Texas Clean Energy Summit discussed tariff trade wars, supply chain issues, data centers and the latest biennial legislative session in Texas that concluded with Senate Bill 6.
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ERCOT Stakeholders Endorse 2026 AS Methodology
ERCOT stakeholders, while raising concerns over the grid operator’s use of conservative operations, have endorsed staff’s recommendations for computing minimum ancillary service quantities for 2026.
AdminMonitor
Texas PUC Approves $240M in Energy Fund Grants
Texas regulators have selected the first four projects eligible for more than $240 million in grants outside the ERCOT region as part of the state’s Texas Energy Fund.
T1 Energy
Former Journalist Helping to Build Domestic Solar Supply Chain
Russell Gold, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of two books, has joined T1 Energy in its quest to build an integrated domestic supply chain for the solar and battery sector.
NRG Energy
NRG Energy Secures $216M Loan from TEF
NRG Energy closed on a $216 million loan from the Texas Energy Fund that will help it build 456 MW of gas-fired capacity at an existing power plant.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: July 30, 2025
ERCOT says all systems are go — or more specifically, green — and early market trials have been successful as the Real-time Co-optimization plus Batteries project barrels to its Dec. 5 go-live date. 
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AEP, Xcel ‘Navigate Rapidly Evolving Energy Policy’
American Electric Power and Xcel Energy say clean energy projects are still a part of their plans, despite the hurdles placed in front of them by the federal government’s budget reconciliation bill.
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ERCOT Adds Industry Vet to Board of Directors
ERCOT says its Board Selection Committee has tabbed industry veteran Bill Mohl to fill one of three independent director vacancies on its board.

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