BLOG: ERCOT Reports Higher Projected Reserve Margins
All else equal, a higher reserve margin should mean less likelihood of certain kinds of reliability problems, as well as lower wholesale prices.
BLOG: Texas Regulators Consider Emerging Electric Vehicle Issues
By potentially shifting a portion of the state’s very large energy needs from transportation onto the electric system, electric vehicles present challenges to Texas’s utility framework.
Blog: Texas Power Grid Makes Adjustments for COVID-19
Like the rest of Texas, ERCOT has had to make significant adjustments in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic
BLOG: Linking ERCOT to the Southeast USA through the Southern Cross
The Southern Cross Transmission Project seeks to create a direct-current transmission link between ERCOT and the Southeastern United States using a transmission line through Louisiana and Mississippi.
Blog: ERCOT fee stays constant but generates more revenue
ERCOT has no control over the quantity of electricity used on the system, although its finances depend on that usage.