ERCOT definition

ERCOT means the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the grid operator in most parts of Texas; “PUCT” means the Public Utility Commission of Texas, an agency that regulates the state’s electric industry; “SUP” means the Summary of Usage and Payment; “TDU” is the Transmission and Distribution Utility, an independent company (separate from Payless Power) that owns and maintains the poles and wires that deliver electricity to you.
ERCOT means the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. or any entity approved to perform the functions of an independent system operator within the power region that includes approximately 80% of the electric transmission within the State of Texas.

Examples of ERCOT in a sentence

  • Think Energy may pass through or allocate, as the case may be, to you any increase in our costs related to the electricity and related products and services sold to you that results from actual changes in TDSP charges, changes to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) or Texas Regional Entity, Inc.

  • Force Majeure Events include but are not limited to acts of God, changes in laws, rules, or regulations or other acts of any governmental authority (including the PUCT or ERCOT or TRE), accidents, pandemics, strikes, labor troubles, required maintenance work, inability to access the local distribution utility system, nonperformance by the TDSP or any other cause beyond our reasonable control.

  • Your price may also change to reflect actual changes in TDSP charges for the delivery of your electricity, changes to the administrative fees charged by ERCOT or the TRE, or changes resulting in new or modified fees or costs to Think Energy that are a result of federal, state or local laws or regulatory actions that are beyond our control.


More Definitions of ERCOT

ERCOT means the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or its successors.
ERCOT means the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. or its successor.
ERCOT means the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., a Texas non-profit.
ERCOT means the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas as further detailed under the “Renewable Power in the U.S.” section;