ERCOT has four primary responsibilities: Maintain system reliability. Facilitate a competitive wholesale market. Facilitate a competitive retail market. Ensure open access to transmission.

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Austin Energy is a member of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). ERCOT is one of 10 regional reliability councils in North America. It is an independent, membership-based, not-for-profit organization.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) is an American organization that operates Texas 's electrical grid, the Texas Interconnection, [3][4] which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the state's electric load. [5]

Jan 20, 2025 · After a statewide blackout in 2021 and a massive Austin outage in 2023, cold weather means energy anxiety for many in Central Texas.

Jan 17, 2025 · With below-freezing temperatures returning to Texas as soon as Jan. 18, the state power grid operator aims to reassure Texans that their lights will remain on during the second cold snap this...

Infocast's ERCOT Market Summit 2025 will provide an unparalleled deep dive into the impacts of new policies on reliability, power pricing, project development and bankability, and how to best meet the shifting needs of commercial, industrial, and retail customers.

Jan 10, 2024 · AUSTIN, Texas — The state’s power grid manager issued a notice to be ready for next week’s expected cold weather. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the grid for the ...

Dec 4, 2024 · According to ERCOT’s models, an extreme winter storm resembling Uri could create up to 96,000 megawatts of electric demand, shattering the current demand record of 85,508 megawatts, which was ...

Dec 29, 2023 · To understand what the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is, it helps to understand how the North American electric power system is configured. The contiguous U.S. is...