Public Utility Commission – December 14, 2023
The Public Utility Commission met on December 14 to take up a number of items. The commission discussed the VOLL study, the ADER Pilot Project, reliability plan for the Permian [...]
ERCOT Cancels Procurement for Additional Capacity
ERCOT has canceled the procurement from the Request for Proposal seeking additional capacity. In a press release, ERCOT notes this cancellation is due to a limited response to the market. [...]
PUCT Commissioner McAdams and TX Power Grid IMM Carrie Bivens to Resign
Media sources are reporting that PUCT Commissioner Will McAdams and Independent Market Monitor for the Texas power grid Carrie Bivens are planning to resign soon. Commissioner McAdams was first appointed [...]
ERCOT Seeks to Increase Operating Reserves in Preparation for Winter
In a press release ERCOT announced they have issued a Request for Proposal to stakeholders to increase operating reserves, adding up to an additional 3,000 MW for the winter 2023-2024 [...]
Texas Energy Fund Public Workshop – September 21, 2023
The PUCT sponsored a workshop to discuss the Texas Energy Fund, an incentive program to promote the construction or expansion of dispatchable electric generation resources. The program involves up to [...]
Comptroller Launches Good for Texas Tour: Energy Edition
Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he is rebooting his Good for Texas Tour by highlighting energy generation economics, infrastructure and production in the state. On the first day of the tour [...]
ERCOT Conservation Notices
The state’s power grid operator asked Texans to conserve energy use on five consecutive afternoons. Over the last week, customers in ERCOT have witnessed a number of conservation notices from [...]
Energy
HB 2847 (Darby) Relating to the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas over and a study of the production, pipeline transportation, and storage of hydrogen State policy frameworks relating [...]