ERCOT's supervisor of operational forecasting said current climate patterns are very similar to those in 2021, ... asked Woody Rickerson, ERCOT’s senior vice president and chief operating officer.

Therefore, Rickerson will be in charge of grid operations, weatherization, planning, and commercial operations. ERCOT also named Kristi Hobbs vice president of system planning and weatherization.

But the agency, which is commonly known as ERCOT, said the market remains "tight" while 33,000 megawatts of generation is offline while generators perform maintenance.

The changes are detailed below, per ERCOT: Woody Rickerson, who was previously the vice president for system planning and weatherization, has been promoted to the newly created position of senior ...

“Now we're a little more worried about maybe the 9 p.m. hour. The load [demand] will drop from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., but the solar is dropping more than the load drops,” Rickerson said.

When ERCOT ran the same analysis ahead of last winter, the probability was 7%, ERCOT Chief Operating Officer Woody Rickerson said at the Gulf Coast Power Association conference in Austin Tuesday.

It’s too high,” ERCOT Chief Operating Officer Woody Rickerson said at the Gulf Coast Power Association 2023 fall conference in Austin on Tuesday. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

“These (power plants) are big complicated machines,” said Woody Rickerson, ERCOT’s vice president of grid planning and operations. “They require maintenance. You can’t run them continuously.

AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - Key ERCOT leaders gave new details to the Public Utility Commission of Texas about what led the council to ask Texans to conserve energy this week, during a meeting ...

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) leaders expect summer weather to be cooler than last year, which will put less of a demand on the power grid.

ERCOT's supervisor of operational forecasting said current climate patterns are very similar to those in 2021, ... asked Woody Rickerson, ERCOT’s senior vice president and chief operating officer.