ERCOT stakeholders approved the creation of a battery energy storage task force as the grid operator steps up its efforts to accommodate the resource type.

ERCOT staffers and stakeholders gathered to hear advice from the RTOs that have already implemented real-time co-optimization in their markets.

The U.S. Department of Justice says a Texas law giving incumbent utilities the right of first refusal over transmission projects violates the Constitution.

The Texas PUC moved a step closer to approving the construction of two 345-kV transmission lines moving about 70% of Lubbock’s load from SPP to ERCOT.

ERCOT said that it has sufficient installed capacity to meet system demand this fall and winter.

Infocast’s Texas Renewable Energy Summit brought in developers, corporate off-takers, cities, municipalities, cooperatives and the financing community.

A call for conservation, higher-than-expected wind energy and lower-than-expected temperatures helped ERCOT avoid taking emergency actions.

ERCOT asked Texans to reduce their electricity usage Thursday and Friday, when the state is expected to see some of the highest temperatures of the year.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness briefed the Texas Public Utility Commission on his organization’s response to the intense August heat.

ERCOT's staff on Wednesday briefed the Technical Advisory Committee on three key principles of real-time co-optimization.