After a year of discussion, the state grid operator has decided the two oldest generating units at CPS Energy’s Braunig Power Station will be shut down this spring, their capacity replaced by a fleet of portable generators paid for by utility customers across the state.

A plan to use a fleet of emergency generators from Houston to ease transmission woes in San Antonio could hit snags from emissions regulations. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ proposal set for a Tuesday vote came after months of back and forth over CPS Energy’s decision to shutter aging gas-fired units at its Braunig Power Station.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ board has agreed to finalize the proposal by Houston-based CenterPoint Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNP) to send its controversial mobile generators to San Antonio.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has given the approval for CenterPoint Energy to move ahead with a proposal to utilize 15 large emergency generation units to help address the state’s generation shortfall concerns.

The average Houston Electric customer using 1,000 kWh/month will witness a reduction in bills of an estimated $2/month related to the transaction by 2027.

With extreme weather conditions forecasted yet again in Houston, along with ERCOT issuing its weather watch, CenterPoint Energy is preparing for any type of emergency response that may come up.

CenterPoint will no longer charge its customers for unused generators in the Houston region once those units are donated to San Antonio this summer.

ERCOT is monitoring weather conditions closely and will deploy all available tools to manage the grid, continuing a reliability-first approach to operations. In anticipation of the extreme cold weather,

With temperatures expected to range from the single digits in the Panhandle to the mid-teens in Dallas and Midland, ERCOT issued a statewide weather watch in anticipation of high demand.

The Texas power grid will remain stable as extremely cold temperatures head to parts of Texas this week, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said Feb. 17.

In both cases, ERCOT’s live data dashboards showed power to spare in reserve as Texans cranked up heaters to fight off what’s likely to be the last major cold snap of the season.