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After begging Texans to conserve power Monday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas on Tuesday is still asking folks to limit their electricity usage amid a statewide heatwave and an unusually high number of offline power generators, a combination…
Read More“We will be conducting a thorough analysis with generation owners to determine why so many units are out of service,” said ERCOT Vice President of Grid Planning and Operations Woody Rickerson.
Read MoreIt turns out that arctic winter storms arenāt the only times Texans have to worry about the stateās power grid crapping out. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas asked state residents on Monday to cut down on their electricity usage through Friday…
Read MoreTexas Gov. Greg Abbott was quick to declare reform of the state’s largest electricity grid operator an emergency item. But it took three months for the first grid-related bill to reach his desk.
Read MoreIndustry veteran Brad Jones is taking over as interim president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, after a tumultuous couple of months for the operator of 90% of Texas’ power grid.
Jones will take over effective May 4. A r…
Read MoreThe Canadian company just came out of a restructuring in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Read MoreThe Electric Reliability Council of Texas said it will start searching immediately for Bill Magness’ replacement.
Read MoreMayor Turnerās Statement On Resignation of ERCOT Board
Read MoreDisasters may seem sudden. But their seeds can be sown decades before the actual event. How? A series of seemingly inconsequential individual decisions can collectively have massive unexpected negative consequences after an extreme event at a later date. No one decision by itself ācausesā the catastrophe, but collectively they lay the groundwork to magnify damages. [ā¦]
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Read MoreAs out-of-state board members resign from ERCOT, a local energy expert questions why they were on the board in the first place. Meanwhile, a commissioner calls on Harris County to explore leaving ERCOT.
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