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.

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 ...

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.

“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.

ERCOT said it does not expect any power outages from ... warmer-than-expected temperatures and misses on daily forecasts on Texas' power grid created a "tight market," said Woody Rickerson, ...

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.

That coupled with warmer-than-expected temperatures and misses on daily forecasts on Texas' power grid created a "tight market," said Woody Rickerson, vice president of grid planning and ...

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 ...

State power regulators tell ERCOT to consider more factors when determining grid reliability after the simulation showed Texas at risk of outages every three years. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...