Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bidding to buy Oncor Electric

Dallas Business Journal

Bill Hethcock Staff Writer Dallas Business Journal
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has submitted a bid for Oncor Electric Delivery, joining NextEra Energy Inc. in the pursuit of a company viewed by power industry experts as Energy Future Holdings Corp.’s crown jewel, according to published reports.
Energy Future Holdings, which is operating in bankruptcy, is mulling offers that value its Oncor subsidiary at about $18 billion, according to sources who spoke to Bloomberg, which first reported the story. Bloomberg’s sources asked not to be identified because the information is private. …

ERCOT working on generation-related seams issues

Platts

Electric Reliability Council of Texas stakeholders will spend the next few weeks discussing how to resolve issues about 4,159 MW of generation along ERCOT’s seams that can switch from supplying ERCOT to another market and vice versa.
During Wednesday’s ERCOT Wholesale Market Subcommittee meeting, Bill Blevins, ERCOT grid operations director, presented a …