Main Articles - December 2025                                                

From the Desk of the CEO

2025 marked Texas RE's 15th anniversary as an organization, a major milestone for us as an independent regulator in the Texas Interconnection.

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Austin American-Statesman Top Workplaces

Texas RE has been named a Top Workplace by the Austin American-Statesman for the third year in a row and placed in the top five of the small company category.

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Assessing IBR Risks

Wind, solar, and battery storage units introduce well-documented operational challenges and system events. From a regulatory perspective, these challenges include momentary cessation and other ride-through issues, particularly during voltage transients.

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TPL-001-5.1 Spare Equipment Strategy

TPL-001-5.1 Requirement 2 states that when an entity’s spare equipment strategy could result in the unavailability of major transmission equipment that has a lead time of one year or more, the impact of this possible unavailability shall be assessed.

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TADS Loss Load Reporting

Starting January 1, 2026, NERC will begin collecting data on load loss that meets the criteria defined in the TADS section 1600. In preparation for this change in reporting criteria, NERC will host multiple virtual training sessions.

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Grid Transformation - BCSI in the Cloud

Two Standards that are associated with the grid transformation risk elements in the 2026 CMEP IP are CIP-011-3, R1 and CIP-004-6, R6.

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Upcoming Events

Learn about outreach activities going on at Texas RE and across the ERO Enterprise.

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Other Articles                                                                          

Blackstart Resource Availability and Readiness

Implementation Guidance Update

MSPPTF Draft Recommendation Stakeholder Comments

Potential Noncompliance Abeyance Guidance

2025-2026 Winter Reliability Assessment

NERC Filings & FERC Filings

NERC Standards, Compliance, and Enforcement Bulletin