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Texas House OKs bill to boost power grid protection, strengthen ERCOT's emergency authority
The legislation, which now returns to the Senate for review, encourages large-scale users to develop backup power sources.
ERCOT would get a ‘kill switch’ for large consumers under bill passed in House
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas would get the power to shut off power to new large-scale users with backup power ...
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GE Vernova—ANDRITZ HYDRO Consortium to Boost Texas Grid Reliability with New Synchronous Condensers at Bakersfield Substation in West Texas
ANDRITZ HYDRO Corp. consortium has been awarded an EPC contract for the installation of two synchronous condensers at the LCRA T ...
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Bill that would increase oversight of Texas’ largest energy users gets OK’d in Texas House
The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.
Texas electric grid is getting stronger, despite the Legislature’s best efforts to weaken it
The Public Utility Commission has been implementing new rules that will make the ERCOT grid more reliable by improving the ...
New energy advisory committee suggested as means to achieve more reliable electric grid
A bill proposes creating the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee as a means to secure the state’s electric grid through ...
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Texas House OKs bills aimed at strengthening grid, water infrastructure
Senate Bill 6 would increase regulations on data centers and other large electric consumers, while Senate Bill 7 would help ...
ERCOT would get a ‘kill switch’ for large consumers under bill tentatively passed in Texas House
Power grid officials would be able to shut off electricity to data centers in an emergency, under a bill tentatively passed Monday in the Texas House. Senate Bill 6’s so-called “kill switch” provision ...
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Ancillary Service Requirements Analysis with Increasing Solar Generation in the ERCOT Interconnection
These counter measures are known as ancillary services. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) procures ancillary services in order to reduce the instantaneous mismatch between generation ...