Texas Reliability Entity

Texas RE’s 2025 Annual Report has been published and all stakeholders are encouraged to review the full document. The report details the company’s achievements based on the stated corporate goals and focus areas for 2025, which are rooted in the mission to reduce risks to the reliability and security of the electric grid in the Texas Interconnection.

The full report is available here:https://www.texasre.org/Documents/About%20Us/2025%20Annual%20Report.pdf

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 (50-149 employees). Additionally, Texas RE’s President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Albright was recognized with a special award for outstanding leadership.

“One of our primary corporate goals at Texas RE is to foster an outstanding workplace culture,” said Texas RE President and CEO Jim Albright. “Our employees drive this initiative, so I’m very pleased that for the third year in a row our company has been affirmed to provide an environment where people enjoy working while performing at a high level.”

The recordings of our recent Evolving Grid Workshop are now available. They are broken out into separate videos for each keynote address and panel:

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Texas RE’s Reliability 101 & 201 series is a collection of educational videos covering a range of reliability topics starting with the fundamentals of the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) Enterprise and compliance oversight, and continuing into reliability hot-topics such as cybersecurity, inverter-based resources, and more. https://www.texasre.org/pages/reliability101

Texas RE's annual Reliability Performance and Regional Risk Assessment for the Texas Interconnection is now available. It reports increased risk of reserve margin deficiencies due to the integration of large loads, decreased risk from extreme winter weather, and a new risk focus area for 2025—artificial intelligence. Read the full report:https://www.texasre.org/Documents/Reliability%20Services/2024%20ReliabilityPerformanceandRegionalRiskAssessment%20-%20Final.pdf

Inside our March newsletter:

- FAC-002-4 Interconnection Studies with an IBR Focus
- BES Cyber System Information in the Cloud
- Documenting Protection System Coordination Studies & Other PRC-027 Tips
- 2024 Texas RE Annual Report
and more. Read the full issue here: https://www.texasre.org/pages/newsletters/march2025/home

Texas RE’s 2024 Annual Report details the company’s achievements based on the stated corporate goals and focus areas for 2024, which are rooted in the mission to reduce risks to the reliability and security of the electric grid in the Texas Interconnection. The full report is available here:https://www.texasre.org/Documents/About%20Us/2024%20Annual%20Report.pdf

- Positive Observations by Texas RE
- Low Impact BES Cyber System Risk Elements
- Inertia and Non-Synchronous Generation
- Texas RE 2025 Outreach Schedule
and more. Read the full issue: https://www.texasre.org/pages/newsletters/january2025/home

Inside our December 2024 newsletter:

- From the Desk of the CEO
- 2024 Austin-American Statesman Top Workplaces
- 2024-2025 MRC Voting Results
- Identifying Voltage Control Equipment
and more. Read the full issue: https://www.texasre.org/pages/newsletters/december2024/home

We are proud to announce that Texas RE has been named a Top Workplace by the Austin American-Statesman for the second year in a row! A statement from President and CEO Jim Albright:

“I’m very pleased that once again Texas RE has been named a Top Workplace. This acknowledgment along with the Work/Life Flexibility award affirms our very intentional efforts in recent years to create an environment where people enjoy working while performing at a high level.”

https://topworkplaces.com/award/statesman/2024/50-149/?page=1