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ERCOT reports broad compliance under Lone Star act but flags attestation gaps; PUC, AG outline enforcement limits
Summary
ERCOT told the Senate Business & Commerce Committee it has implemented Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act attestations and terminated nonresponsive market participants, while PUC and the attorney general described limited remedies and urged stronger verification, inspections and legislative clarifications.
Austin — ERCOT told the Senate Business & Commerce Committee on the first day of an interim hearing that it has implemented attestation and verification procedures required by the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act and has moved against market participants that failed to comply.
Chad Seeley, senior vice president for regulatory policy and general counsel at ERCOT, said the market operator has collected two types of attestations — corporate-affiliate disclosures and five-year grid-equipment look-backs — from market participants and used requests for information and periodic sampling to verify submissions. Of roughly 2,194 attestations received through February 2026, Seeley said 113 participants reported affiliate ties to designated countries but “all of…
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