Icy weather knocked more than 400,000 Texas customers offline last week, but all outages were at the local distribution level.

Keynoting the Energy Bar Association Texas Chapter’s Energy Symposium, Lori Cobos said ERCOT stakeholders will soon get a look at the market’s redesign.

Vistra Energy CEO Curt Morgan and Oncor CEO Allen Nye both said during a recent GCPA webinar that they are taking great care in bringing staff back.

The Texas PUC approved a 345-kV transmission project that cuts through an active petroleum field in West Texas’ Permian Basin.

The Texas PUC delayed action on a proposed transmission project in the Permian Basin, allowing parties to make modifications in the proposed order.

The Texas Public Utility Commission gave its final blessing to a $1.37 billion transaction involving Oncor, Sharyland Utilities and Sempra Energy.

The Texas PUC held off on giving its final blessing to $1.37 billion worth of transactions involving Oncor, Sharyland Utilities and Sempra Energy.

A combined $1.37 billion worth of transactions involving Oncor, Sharyland Utilities and Sempra Energy all but gained regulatory approval from the PUCT.

The Texas PUC praised ERCOT for its response to criticism over a March cold-weather event that prompted it to ask generators to reschedule planned outages.

Texas regulators agreed to let state lawmakers help them determine who will own energy storage devices in the ERCOT market.