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Grid Roundup #30, October 18, 2024
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Grid Roundup #30, October 18, 2024

The ongoing CenterPoint rate case; backup reserve size and costs under consideration; greater focus on energy efficiency, demand response and load management; update on high voltage transmission.

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Grid Roundup #30, October 18, 2024
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In this issue:

  • CenterPoint’s move to dismiss its rate case will be taken up at the November 14 PUC Open Meeting;

  • Key decisions loom on how ERCOT will procure ancillary services; comments are due Monday with a workshop on Halloween;

  • Energy efficiency costs less than two cents per kilowatt-hour in 2023 compared to retail rates of 14 cents; PUC to “open up” energy efficiency rules “before the end of the year;”

  • ERCOT Staff provides updates on large loads and on timelines for high voltage transmission studies.

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