ERCOT Board of Directors — Grid Operations, Interconnection & Markets — April 20, 2026

ERCOT Board of Directors General Session held April 20, 2026. This meeting covers grid operations, large load interconnection, the batch study process, resource adequacy, demand response, transmission planning, and commercial market updates. Representatives from ERCOT staff, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and the ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee presented to the board. Key Topics Dispatchable Reliability Reserve Service (DRRS/NPR 1309) and SB 6 implementation status at the PUC Two Tier 1 transmission projects totaling over $3 billion presented for board endorsement, including the Oncor Southern DFW Load Interconnection project January 28 Winter Storm Fern grid event: tight conditions, battery state-of-charge gaps, and a proof-of-concept look-ahead commitment tool Proposed new emergency trigger — Limited Energy Capacity Reserve (LECR) — to address battery depletion risks in PRC calculations Over 400 GW of large load interconnection requests under study; 198 new requests in Q1 2026 alone, more than 90% data center-related Voltage ride-through, load oscillation, and dynamic stability modeling updates for large load interconnection RPG Charter revision to raise board endorsement threshold from $100M to $200M Finance, audit, human resources, governance, and technology/security committee reports Chapters 00:01:20 Ned Ponczewski (Vistra) 00:02:03 Rebecca Zervos (Public Utility Commission of Texas (Staff)) 00:02:59 Agenda Item nine 00:09:06 Christie Hobbs (ERCOT (Transmission Planning)) 00:23:13 Agenda Item six 00:25:06 Agenda Item seven 00:36:58 Dan Woodfin (ERCOT (System Operations)) 01:02:50 Agenda Item 8 01:17:35 Jeff Bellow (ERCOT (Interconnection & Grid Analysis)) 01:33:48 Agenda Item 9 01:49:36 Pablo Vegas (ERCOT (CEO)) 02:00:31 Keith Collins (ERCOT (Commercial Markets)) 02:55:07 Agenda Item 12 03:16:48 Agenda Item 13 03:17:39 Caitlin Smith (ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee (TAC Chair)) 03:32:48 Agenda Item 15 03:41:18 Andy Gallo (ERCOT Reliability Monitor) 03:57:31 Chris Crumble (ERCOT Board / Finance and Audit Committee Chair) 04:00:01 Peggy Hee (ERCOT Board / Human Resources and Governance Committee Chair) 04:01:51 John Swainson (ERCOT Board / Technology and Security Committee Chair) 04:05:10 Agenda Item 18 04:06:13 Agenda Item 19