{"id":1739,"date":"2021-08-23T13:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T13:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/insights\/electric-reliability-council-of-texas-releases-its-60-point-plan-for-change\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T15:14:32","slug":"electric-reliability-council-of-texas-releases-its-60-point-plan-for-change","status":"publish","type":"news-and-insights","link":"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/fr\/insights\/electric-reliability-council-of-texas-releases-its-60-point-plan-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Reliability Council of Texas Releases 60-Point Plan for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Start Block: acf\/wysiwyg -->\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg section-padding bg-white\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n        \n        <div class=\"row\">\n                            <div class=\"col-lg-8 columns js-animated-content animated-content\">\n                                        <p>ERCOT\u2019s recently released \u201cRoadmap to Improving Grid Reliability\u201d presents a plan for change in Texas that includes increasing electric power generation and purchasing significantly more power reserves. The 60-Point Plan comes in response to Governor Abbot\u2019s July 6 directive that the Public Utilities Commission take immediate action to improve electric reliability.<\/p>\n<p>The following changes will undoubtedly require greater levels of planning and engineering expertise for utilities in the region.\u00a0 Among the most impactful actions ERCOT\u2019s plan puts into motion include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assess the potential costs and benefits of increased transmission both internal and external to ERCOT and increase coordination with other power regions.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct regular review of cyber security plans and defenses to ensure continued electric reliability.<\/li>\n<li>Adopt a more aggressive and conservative approach to operating the grid.\u00a0This step will impact outage approval, commitment of resources, conservation alerts and the communication of system risks.<\/li>\n<li>Require CEO certifications.\u00a0After a market rule change, all ERCOT market participants that own or operate generation resources and\/or transmission\/distribution power lines will be required to submit a letter, signed by their CEO, twice each year certifying their companies have completed their weatherization preparations for both the \u00a0summer and winter seasons.<\/li>\n<li>Assess on-site fuel supplies.\u00a0ERCOT is considering the need for assessing on-site fuel supplies for some generators.<\/li>\n<li>Perform unannounced testing of generation resources.\u00a0This unannounced testing for over 30 power plants will help verify that generators have provided accurate information about their power production capability and availability.<\/li>\n<li>Address transmission constraints in the Rio Grande Valley.\u00a0ERCOT and the PUC are initiating a process to address long standing Rio Grande Valley transmission limitations.<\/li>\n<li>Provide flexibility to allow additional resources to participate in the ERCOT market to eliminate barriers to distributed generation, energy storage, and demand response technologies.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct a study to gauge the impact of varying levels of wind and solar penetration on reliability. 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