ERCOT’s Board of Directors approved staff’s recommended methodologies for acquiring minimum ancillary service requirements in 2026, despite concerns over conservative operations and target procurement levels.

ERCOT stakeholders have endorsed changes to the grid operator's ancillary services methodology as part of the annual process to determine the minimum amount of products that will be procured in 2025.

ERCOT staff have withdrawn a protocol change and updated control room procedures following the regulatory commission’s rejection of modifications to the grid operator’s new ECRS product.

Texas regulators rejected an ERCOT protocol change that took months of sometimes contentious negotiations before the grid operator’s staff and stakeholders could reach a compromise that earned board approval.

ERCOT’s Board of Directors has passed one contentious protocol change and tabled another that have divided stakeholders and staff and led the IMM to argue against the heavy use of ECRS.

ERCOT says recent changes to the calculations used to determine ERCOT contingency reserve service have resulted in smaller quantities of the product this year and stalled the need for further modifications.

ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas said the “interesting dynamic” of solar energy helped the Texas grid operator meet record demand during its most recent winter storm.