Meeting Summary – 08/27/24 Business and Commerce – Texas Energy Fund
Meeting Summary – 08/27/24 Business and Commerce – Texas Energy Fund Texas Energy Fund 2 – Connie Corona, Executive Director, PUCT Connie Corona provided an update on the four Texas Energy Fund programs. In-ERCOT-Loan program. The PUC will soon decide on which projects to fund through the ERCOT loan program; they received 72 applications totaling over […]
Meeting Summary – 08/22/24 Permian Basin Reliability Plan Workshop
Meeting Summary – 08/22/24 Permian Basin Reliability Plan Workshop 0.1 – Opening Statements – Commissioner Cobos Permian Basin is a priority area for the commission due to its critical importance and growing electricity demand. ERCOT forecasts more than 150 gigawatts total load by 2030, with 26 gigawatts from the Permian Basin region. Texas Legislature passed 88R-HB5066 to […]
Meeting Summary – 08/20/24 Board of Directors Meeting
Meeting Summary – 08/09/24 IBRWG Meeting 0 – Antitrust Admonition – Julia Matevosyan. 1 – Last Update Request – Fred Huang Two presentations were given last month on advanced grid support and grid forming capability. Presentations covered functional specification and test framework, and an assessment of potential impacts of reforming batteries on ERCOT grid stability and reliability. Fred mentioned […]
Meeting Summary – 08/19/24 Reliability and Markets Committee Meeting
Meeting Summary – 08/19/24 Reliability and Markets Committee Meeting 1 – Call General Session to Order Chair 2 – Notice of Public Comment, if Any Discussion – Chair No public comment 3 – June 17, 2024 General Session Meeting Minutes Vote – Chair Motion to approve June 17, 2024 Meeting Minutes passed. 4 – Staff Response to Independent Market […]
Meeting Summary – 08/15/24 Open Meeting – CenterPoint Energy & Storm Response
Meeting Summary – 08/15/24 Open Meeting – CenterPoint Energy & Storm Response 51 – Project No. 56793 – Issues related to the Disaster Resulting from Hurricane Beryl. Chairman Gleeson introduced Items 51, 52, and 58. Jason Ryan, CenterPoint’s Executive VP’s update on action plan Highlighted field activities, improved communications, and operations acceleration. Tree trimming along 2000 miles […]
Meeting Summary – 08/14/24 RTCBTF Meeting
Meeting Summary – 08/14/24 RTCBTF Meeting 2 – RTCBTF Update and Issues Matt Mereness RTC+B program update Current focus is on development, training, market trials, and sequencing to go live. Plan to announce a go-live date by September Expected at the end of 2025 at the earliest Efforts are being made to avoid extending into 2026 […]
Meeting Summary -08/15/24 Request for Proposals for Must-Run Alternatives Workshop
Meeting Summary -08/15/24 Request for Proposals for Must-Run Alternatives Workshop CPS filed their notice of suspension of operations (NSOs) in early March. Three Braunig units are likely to be brought under Reliability Must-Run (RMR) service, set to retire on March 31, 2025. An MRA Request for Proposal (RFP) is being initiated for the period from […]
Meeting Summary – 08/15/24 Open Meeting
Meeting Summary – 08/15/24 Open Meeting Order in which items were taken up: 3, 6, 19, 23, 17, 20, 22, 28, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 49, 47, 57 0.1 – Chairman Gleeson asks for motion to approve items on Consent Agenda Commissioners’ recusal memos filed in Project No. 527611. Chairman Gleeson recused from Items 8, […]
CenterPoint Energy & Storm Response
Meeting Summary – 08/15/24 Open Meeting – CenterPoint Energy & Storm Response 51 – Project No. 56793 – Issues related to the Disaster Resulting from Hurricane Beryl. Chairman Gleeson introduced Items 51, 52, and 58. Jason Ryan, CenterPoint’s Executive VP’s update on action plan Highlighted field activities, improved communications, and operations acceleration. Tree trimming along 2000 miles […]
RPG Meeting Meeting Summary – 08/13/24
Meeting Summary – 08/09/24 IBRWG Meeting Related controls: NPRR1234 – 87R-SB1281 1 – Antitrust Admonition 2 – Miscellaneous Updates – ERCOT 3 – High Level Overview of Argonne National Lab ANL Study on Potential Severe Weather Event Scenarios – Leah Talabel Presentation began with a brief intro on Argonne National Lab’s (ANL) new tool introduced in 2019 […]
