Voting is now open for GCPA's 2027 Board of Directors, and we're launching the emPOWERing Loyalty Program to thank members who renew for 2027. This is one of our favorite times of year: the moment we come together to shape GCPA's future and celebrate the members who make this community what it... Continue Reading
A list of GCPA conferences through 2030 to promote understanding, collaboration, and innovation in electric power markets within ERCOT, MISO, and SPP regions. Save the Dates! Continue Reading
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The Gulf Coast Power Association is proud to announce that Jessie Horn, Senior Counsel in the Rules and Projects Division at the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 GCPA emPOWERing Young Professionals Award. This prestigious –... Continue Reading
A National Women's Empowerment Day reflection from the Gulf Coast Power Association National Women's Empowerment Day is a day to celebrate the women who are building, leading, healing, and inventing — and to recommit to making sure the next generation has every door open to them. At GCPA,... Continue Reading
If you needed proof that the ERCOT grid is being architected in real time — not in some tidy five-year plan, but decision by decision, meeting by meeting, market notice by market notice — August 2026 just handed you Exhibit A. On August 3, Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter. Two... Continue Reading
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America turns 250 this month. And if you want to understand how this country was built, skip the history books and go straight to the EIA's freshly published June 30, 2026 - The 250-year history of U.S. energy consumption. It is, in the most literal sense, the biography of a nation told in... Continue Reading
June is the month we celebrate Father's Day. This month, we couldn't help but notice that our regional power markets are dealing with the exact same problems as every DIY dad who's ever confidently walked into a Home Depot with "a quick project" and walked out three hours later with $600 in... Continue Reading
What we all need right now is some naturing and discipline... Happy Mother's Day. Continue Reading
As market participants navigate this uncertainty, the old rules about infrastructure cost assumptions are being stress-tested like never before. Welcome to power grid economics in the age of geopolitical volatility. Continue Reading
If you've been watching the energy headlines over the past four weeks, you'd be forgiven for wondering whether the universe decided to stress-test the entire power sector simultaneously. Geopolitical shocks, AI-fueled demand explosions, record-breaking clean energy milestones, supply chain... Continue Reading
