Texas Grid Roundup #4, February 16, 2024

This issue of the Texas Grid Roundup includes news from the ERCOT Market Summit, updates on the legislature's 'firming requirement', and a new bill that would place ERCOT under federal jurisdiction

Senate Chairman Charles Schwertner at the ERCOT Market Summit. Photo Credit: Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel

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This packed Grid Roundup looks at some of the takeaways from the ERCOT Market Summit, highlights from the PUC Open Meeting yesterday, news and updates on ERCOT market design, efforts to interconnect ERCOT to neighboring grids, various attempts to add costs to consumers’ bills via taxes on renewables, the potential for reducing energy waste, and more.