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ERCOT chief says Texas power grid 'ready as ever been' for coming winter
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAUSTIN — Population growth will spur increased demand for electric power across the state and lower...
ERCOT hires Pablo Vegas as new top executive to help manage Texas' power grid
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe operator of the state’s main electricity grid has hired a new CEO, ending a 16-month period in the aftermath of the grid's near collapse in February 2021 during which the agency was helmed ...
Texas energy market watchdog resigns as regulators seek more control over monitor’s role
Utility Dive via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoCarrie Bivens, who headed a team tasked with overseeing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’...
Utility executive in Ohio named ERCOT’s new CEO
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPablo Vegas, a utility executive who lives in Ohio, will be the new leader of Texas’ main power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.
In trying to close its coal power plant, Austin encounters obstacles to going green
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe city approved a plan in 2020 to shut the Fayette Power Project plant with the aim of eliminating...
Powering up: PUCT chairman visits RGV
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 12—Peter Lake, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Texas, was in the Rio Grande Valley on Oct. 10 to check on progress by AEP Texas on a major transmission line project that ...
Much of North America faces ‘elevated risk’ of blackouts in extreme winter conditions: NERC
Utility Dive via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoClimate change, rising energy demand and natural gas dependence mean “a massive grid disruption is...
Energy & Environment — Biden touts tighter methane regulation at COP27
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPresident Biden addresses the international COP27 summit. Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection...