Texas lawmakers charged with overseeing the state’s $5 billion fund for new gas-fired generation have taken aim at the consulting firm managing the Texas Energy Fund.

Texas lawmakers and regulators are trying to figure out how a puny Category 1 hurricane could have caused the devastation in Houston that led to long-term outages, and CenterPoint Energy has borne the brunt of the scrutiny.

Infocast's annual ERCOT Market Summit fell during the third anniversary of the devastating February 2021 winter storm, giving speakers plenty of fodder for discussion.

Texas voters are voting on a constitutional amendment that would create a nearly $10 billion state fund for dispatchable energy that opponents say amounts to a handout for the gas industry.

ERCOT staff are reviewing the spate of electric-related legislation that was recently passed by Texas lawmakers.

With the 88th Texas Legislature’s regular session now over, the general consensus is that the clean energy industry fared better than recent gloomy predictions.

ERCOT is looking at a revised operating reserve demand curve and additional ancillary services to bridge the proposed performance credit mechanism.

Texas lawmakers have laid out a legislative package that threatens the state’s renewable industry and provides generous incentives to thermal generation.

ERCOT’s IMM continues to criticize Texas regulators’ preferred market redesign, saying what they have proposed is a “less effective and efficient."

ERCOT survived a record-breaking summer and a pre-Christmas winter storm, but now it must gain lawmakers' approval of a new market design.