Power and the grid

• PUCT Project 58000, rulemaking to update ERCOT transmission cost recovery, comment deadline reached

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasStatewideComment window closed

• PUCT Project 58482, proposed new rule on Large Load Demand Management Service, comment window now shut

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasStatewideWrite to the decider

• PUCT Docket 59315, Oncor application for a 765 kV transmission line across 22 counties

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasBorden, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche,...Public meeting

• Utilities Code limits how the PUCT may direct ERCOT, and bars verbal directives

  Power and the gridTexas LegislatureStatewidePublic meeting

• PUCT open meeting calendar published as a live feed through mid 2027

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasStatewidePublic meeting

• El Paso City Council amends its state legislative agenda to seek protection for residential ratepayers from data center utility costs

  Power and the gridEl Paso City CouncilEl PasoPublic meeting

• Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 takes up a Chapter 312 abatement for a gas plant built to run data centers

  Power and the gridReeves County Emergency Services District No. 2ReevesPublic meeting

• PUCT Docket 59029, Oncor application for a second 765 kV line across ten west Texas counties

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasAndrews, Culberson, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Mar...Public meeting

• PUCT opens the first five year review of the ERCOT system-wide offer caps, with comments due September 17th

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasStatewideComment window closed

• Utility commission approves a 765 kilovolt line from Somervell County to Howard County

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasSomervell, HowardClosed

• Grid operator weighs a year's grace for data center cooling equipment on ride-through rules

  Power and the gridElectric Reliability Council of TexasStatewidePublic meeting

• The grid operator sets an October 6th workshop on how it would curtail a large load under Senate Bill 6

  Power and the gridElectric Reliability Council of TexasStatewidePublic meeting

• ERCOT starts sending the Batch Zero questionnaires, and a data center that does not answer comes off the list

  Power and the gridElectric Reliability Council of TexasStatewideWrite to the decider

• The grid operator tells providers which large loads it has provisionally placed in Batch Zero, and every placement carries a condition

  Power and the gridElectric Reliability Council of TexasStatewideWrite to the decider

• The grid operator sends every conditionally classified large load a questionnaire, with a notarized attestation and ten business days to answer

  Power and the gridElectric Reliability Council of TexasStatewideWrite to the decider

• ERCOT tells its board that AI training loads can fatigue grid generators and drafts a limit on how fast their power draw may swing

  Power and the gridElectric Reliability Council of TexasStatewideWrite to the decider

• PUCT adopts the SB 6 large load interconnection rule, requires $50,000 per megawatt of security and drops the interconnection fee

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasStatewideClosed

• PUCT wildfire plan blueprint lists cameras suggested, not required

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasStatewideWrite to the decider

• Asked for AI camera fire detections, Xcel counted cameras

  Power and the gridPublic Utility Commission of TexasHutchinson, MooreWrite to the decider

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