The grid operator sets an October 6th workshop on how it would curtail a large load under Senate Bill 6
ERCOT issued a market notice on September 2nd, 2026 setting a workshop for October 6th. The workshop presents the deployment mechanics, the registration process and the draft revision requests for curtailing large loads under Senate Bill 6. The notice names the three provisions the bill put into the Public Utility Regulatory Act. One lets the commission require a large load co-located with an existing generation resource to reduce consumption during certain events. One lets the grid operator require a large load with backup generation serving at least half its load to curtail grid consumption to head off an emergency. One requires the commission to establish a large load demand management service. The workshop is the step where a legal authority becomes a registry and a piece of software.
How to take part
The market notice names the workshop, its date and its intended audience. The grid operator publishes its market notices to anyone, and the revision requests the workshop previews go through its own stakeholder process before they are filed.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- filed
Market notice issued to large load customers and scheduling entities
- hearing
Workshop on the proposed large load curtailment framework
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-09-09
Admitted on the market notice. The draft revision requests it previews have not been filed.
- 2026-09-12
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-13
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-16
The grid operator's workshop on curtailing a large load under Senate Bill 6 is still set for October 6th. The agenda has not changed.
- 2026-09-19
The workshop on curtailing a large load is still set, and the operator has published no method ahead of it.
- 2026-09-23
The October 6th workshop is still on the calendar and the curtailment question is still unanswered.
- 2026-09-26
The grid operator's workshop on curtailing a large load is still on the calendar.
- 2026-09-29
The grid operator's workshop on curtailing a large load under Senate Bill 6 is still on its calendar.
- 2026-09-30
The grid operator's calendar still carries the workshop on curtailing a large load under Senate Bill 6.
- 2026-10-01
The grid operator's notice still sets the October 6th workshop on how a large load would be curtailed under Senate Bill 6.
- 2026-10-02
The grid operator's workshop on curtailing a large load under Senate Bill 6 is still set for October 6th.
- 2026-10-03
The grid operator's workshop on curtailing a large load is still set as noticed, with no change to the date.
- 2026-10-04
The grid operator's October 6th workshop on curtailment is still set, and nothing has moved on it since it was noticed.
- 2026-10-05
ERCOT's workshop on curtailing a large load under Senate Bill 6 is still set for October 6th.
- 2026-10-06
The grid operator's workshop on curtailing large loads still stands on its calendar for today, October 6th.
- 2026-10-09
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-10-12
The grid operator's workshop date on large load curtailment has passed. The notice that set it still reads as posted.
- 2026-10-15
The notice that set ERCOT's large load curtailment workshop reads as posted. The workshop date has passed.
- 2026-10-18
The notice that set ERCOT's workshop on curtailing a large load still reads as posted. The workshop has passed.
- 2026-10-21
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-10-24
The grid operator's notice of its workshop on curtailing large loads under Senate Bill 6 still reads as posted.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
On October 6, 2026 ERCOT will host a workshop to present the deployment mechanics, registration process, and draft revision requests for Large Load curtailment under Senate Bill 6 (SB6).ERCOT market notice M-A090226-01 Primary source, official · ercot.com
Large Load Customers, Qualified Scheduling Entities, Transmission Service Providers and other interested stakeholdersERCOT market notice M-A090226-01 Primary source, official · ercot.com
SB6 established several provisions in PURA related to Large Loads, including an authorization for the PUC to require Large Loads that co-locate with existing Generation Resources to reduce consumption during certain events (section 39.169); an authorization for ERCOT to require Large Loads with backup generation serving at least 50% of their load to curtail their grid consumption when necessary to mitigate actual or potential EEA conditions (section 37.0561(e)); and a requirement for the PUC to establish a large load demand management service (section 39.170).ERCOT market notice M-A090226-01 Primary source, official · ercot.com
Workshop to share proposed operational framework for implementing SB6-related Large Load curtailments, including registration requirementsERCOT market notice M-A090226-01 Primary source, official · ercot.com
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
ERCOT issued a market notice on September 2nd, 2026 setting a workshop for October 6th. The workshop presents the deployment mechanics, the registration process and the draft revision requests for curtailing large loads under Senate Bill 6. The notice names the three provisions the bill put into the Public Utility Regulatory Act. One lets the commission require a large load co-located with an existing generation resource to reduce consumption during certain events. One lets the grid operator require a large load with backup generation serving at least half its load to curtail grid consumption to head off an emergency. One requires the commission to establish a large load demand management service. The workshop is the step where a legal authority becomes a registry and a piece of software.
Who decides it?
Electric Reliability Council of Texas decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The market notice names the workshop, its date and its intended audience. The grid operator publishes its market notices to anyone, and the revision requests the workshop previews go through its own stakeholder process before they are filed.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It is a statewide body's action and it governs the ERCOT region rather than every county.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was hearing on October 6th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is September 2nd, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under power and the grid.
What sources back it?
One source backs it. It is primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on October 24th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, The grid operator sets an October 6th workshop on how it would curtail a large load under Senate Bill 6. Tracked since September 2nd, 2026. Last verified October 24th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0139/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0139.
Beat
Filed under Power and the grid, with every other decision on that beat.