ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas wrote that there were about 11,000 megawatts of outages among thermal generators that use coal and natural gas as fuel, 4,000 megawatts among wind generators and 1,700 ...

As a result, ERCOT is asking Texans to conserve electricity use, if safe to do so, today, September 7, from 5 – 9 p.m. ERCOT is expecting similar conditions Friday and will keep the public ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the statewide grid, had been seeking the Public Utility Commission ’s approval to put the new regulations into effect but ran into a ...

The Texan grid operator, ERCOT, has become a focal point in the ongoing debate over US interconnection reform. Image: ERCOT. The Texan grid operator, ERCOT, has come under the spotlight for its ...

In addition to interconnection and co-location requirements, SB6 requires ERCOT to ensure that each transmission and distribution utility, electric cooperative, and municipally owned utility ...

The significantly shorter time on the ERCOT grid may come as a surprise to many given that so much criticism has been leveled at the Texas grid manager since February 2021, when Winter Storm Uri ...

ERCOT continues to use additional tools to manage the grid reliably, including using reserve power, calling upon reductions by large electric customers that have volunteered to lower their energy use, ...