With winter storms, load sheds and tight operating conditions, 2025 has turned out to be “quite a challenging year” for SPP.

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.

Texas PUC Commissioner Lori Cobos plans to step down from the commission at the end of 2024.

Texas regulators have approved ERCOT’s reliability plan for the petroleum-rich Permian Basin that could rely on the state’s first use of 765-kV transmission facilities.

ERCOT staff and the ISO's Market Monitor have set aside their differences and promised to work together in improving the procurement and deployment of ancillary services.

The Texas Public Utility Commission and Potomac Economics' Carrie Bivens have both confirmed that she is resigning as ERCOT’s Independent Market Monitor.

Texas regulators have cited the state's right of first refusal law in denying Grid United’s request to build a link between ERCOT and the West.

Industry experts at NARUC's Winter Policy Summit discussed needed improvements in gas-electric coordination after recent winter weather events.

The Texas PUC expressed concern that ERCOT is not moving quickly enough to implement the many changes to the market directed by the state legislature.

The Texas PUC continued to explore load-serving entity resource obligations as a way to improve resource adequacy in the ERCOT markets.