"I don't have a positive sense on this at all," Woody Rickerson, COO of ERCOT, responded. Committee Chair Senator Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, asked for clarification on that statement.

“What were the findings of those inspections?” Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) asked Woody Rickerson, ERCOT’s senior vice president and chief operating officer. “Going into the winter ...

The permitting framework for managing the generators “remains unclear,” according to a memo to the board by Chief Operating Officer Woody Rickerson. ERCOT wants to set up the generators at ...