Coming out of the 2023 legislative session, ERCOT was required to develop a specific regional plan to ensure it could serve the growing load needs in the Permian Basin. In July, ERCOT filed a ...

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Aug. 22—AUSTIN — The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) on Thursday hosted a public workshop on finalizing the electric reliability plan for the Permian Basin.

As the Permian Basin continues to grow exponentially, the need for reliable energy is the goal. “The [PUC], ERCOT, and the stakeholders are very much engaged in these very important issues.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas said Thursday it approved the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, ... ERCOT has forecast electricity demand in the Permian could rise to nearly 27 GW by 2038, ...

Large-scale power users in the Permian Basin and an influx of artificial intelligence data centers and bitcoin miners have led ERCOT to forecast a 37% jump in electricity demand from industrial ...

Because ERCOT wanted Permian Basin 5 and 6 to remain available, the grid operator had to cover Luminant's costs to keep the units in service with so-called Reliability-Must-Run (RMR) contracts.

A report from Texas’ grid operator shows that power use in the booming Permian Basin oil field of West Texas is growing exponentially faster than the rest of the state. As oil and gas activity ...

House Bill 5066, passed by the Texas Legislature last year and signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott, instructed the PUCT and ERCOT to develop an electric reliability plan for the Permian Basin ...

Sep. 26—AUSTIN — The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) on Thursday unanimously approved a transmission plan to meet the future electricity needs of the Permian Basin Region.