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Co‑Location as Opportunity and Risk: Diligencing Renewable Assets Serving Data Centers in ERCOT
Texas presently sits at the center of the U.S. energy‑and‑digital‑infrastructure boom. As hyperscalers, AI platforms, crypto-currency miners, and cloud providers accelerate their build‑out of data‑center campuses, the demand for power in the Lone Star State has never been higher. In this high-demand environment, renewable energy asset developers and operators are engaging in discussions with load-intensive facilities like data centers for the co-location of their projects.
A Survey Of Texas Electric System Legislative Implementation | JD Supra
An asterisk by a proceeding name signifies that it remains an open, active matter as of this article’s date. Market Design Project No. 52373 – Review Of Wholesale Electric Market Design. This is the catchall project for discussing market design changes. Commissioners will file memos suggesting new ideas or proposals, or expressing concerns, on ongoing market design developments. Project No. 52631 – Review Of 16 TAC § 25.505.
A Survey Of Texas Electric System Legislative Implementation
The Texas Legislature, primarily responding to the unprecedented ERCOT system load shed event during 2021’s Winter Storm Uri, enacted far-reaching system and wholesale market reforms during its 2021 and 2023 legislative sessions. These reforms broadly seek to bolster electric system resilience and reliability while incentivizing, through wholesale market reforms and other out of market actions, dispatchable generation capacity expansion.
Texas Supreme Court Upholds ERCOT’s Sovereign Immunity
In a forty-page opinion issued by Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht, the Texas Supreme Court held that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ERCOT”) has sovereign immunity regarding allegations of overpricing during Winter Storm Uri and related fraud claims, even though ERCOT is a private corporation. The Court was split 5-4 in its decision with Justices Boyd and Devine writing in dissent, joined by Justices Lehrmann and Busby.
PUCT Adoption of Changes to Market Participant Qualifications and Reporting Requirements
Chris has been practicing for 28 years, concentrating in the area of administrative law with an emphasis in matters pertaining to energy and natural resources. Chris focuses on a broad scope of regulatory issues, including compliance and enforcement, commercial disputes, market structure, development Chris has been practicing for 28 years, concentrating in the area of administrative law with an emphasis in matters pertaining to energy and natural resources.
Public Utility Commission Requests Unredacted Emergency Operations Plans From All Applicable Entities by June 24, 2022 | JD Supra
On June 8, 2022, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“Commission”) filed a memo from its Infrastructure Division requesting that electric utilities, power generation companies, municipally owned utilities, and electric cooperatives (“Entities”) operating outside of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ERCOT”) provide to Commission Staff unredacted copies of their Emergency Operations Plans (“EOP”).
Public Utility Commission Requests Unredacted Emergency Operations Plans From All Applicable Entities by June 24, 2022
Miguel integrates energy law, public policy, and regulatory compliance to solve complex legal and business challenges for sophisticated energy and natural resources clients. Miguel’s experience has placed him at the nexus of business and energy, land-use, and natural resources law. He represents a Miguel integrates energy law, public policy, and regulatory compliance to solve complex legal and business challenges for sophisticated energy and natural resources clients.
A Legislative Session In Review: Taking A Look At Key Energy Bills That Did (and Did Not) Pass During The 87th Regular Session
United States: A Legislative Session In Review: Taking A Look At Key Energy Bills That Did (and Did Not) Pass During The 87th Regular Session 22 June 2021 by Chris Reeder and Alaina M. Zermeno Husch Blackwell LLP To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. After Winter Storm Uri devastated the ERCOT grid, calls for industry reform rang out across the state of Texas.
A Legislative Session In Review: Taking A Look At Key Energy Bills That Did (And Did Not) Pass During The 87th Regular Session | JD Supra
After Winter Storm Uri devastated the ERCOT grid, calls for industry reform rang out across the state of Texas. For the past few months, public hearings and floor debates have considered wide-ranging proposals to harden the ERCOT system against extreme weather events and address the financial consequences of the storm.
ERCOT Unveils Plan For Invoicing Default Uplift Charges
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. In the wake of winter storm Uri, ERCOT market participants are grappling with the resulting financial fallout.
ERCOT Unveils Plan For Invoicing Default Uplift Charges | JD Supra
In the wake of winter storm Uri, ERCOT market participants are grappling with the resulting financial fallout.
ERCOT Unveils Plan for Invoicing Default Uplift Charges
In the wake of winter storm Uri, ERCOT market participants are grappling with the resulting financial fallout.
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