1. (a) General Requirements. To increase the transparency of the ERCOT-administered markets, ERCOT must post the information required in this section at a publicly accessible location on its website. In no event will ERCOT disclose competitively sensitive consumption data. The information released must be made available to all market participants.

2. (b) ERCOT will post the following information in aggregated form, for each settlement interval and for each area where available, two calendar days after the day for which the information is accumulated:

   1. (1) quantities and prices of offers for energy and each type of ancillary capacity service, in the form of supply curves;
   2. (2) self-arranged energy and ancillary capacity services, for each type of service;
   3. (3) actual resource output;
   4. (4) load and resource output for all entities that dynamically schedule their resources;
   5. (5) actual load; and
   6. (6) energy bid curves, cleared energy bids, and cleared load.

3. (c) ERCOT will post the following information in entity-specific form, for each settlement interval, 60 calendar days after the day for which the information is accumulated, except where inapplicable or otherwise prescribed. Resource-specific offer information must be linked to the name of the resource (or identified as a virtual offer), the name of the entity submitting the information, and the name of the entity controlling the resource. If there are multiple offers for the resource, ERCOT must post the specified information for each offer for the resource, including the name of the entity submitting the offer and the name of the entity controlling the resource. ERCOT will use §25.502(d) of this title (relating to Pricing Safeguards in Markets Operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas) to determine the control of a resource and must include this information in its market operations data system.

   1. (1) Offer curves (prices and quantities) for each type of ancillary service and for energy in the real time market, except that, for the highest-priced offer selected or dispatched for each interval on an ERCOT-wide basis, ERCOT will post the offer price and the name of the entity submitting the offer three calendar days after the day for which the information is accumulated.
   2. (2) If the clearing prices for energy or any ancillary service exceeds a calculated value that is equal to 50 times a natural gas price index selected by ERCOT for each operating day, expressed in dollars per megawatt-hour (MWh) or dollars per megawatt per hour, during any interval, the portion of every market participant's price-quantity offer pairs for balancing energy service and each other ancillary service that is at or above a calculated value that is equal to 50 times a natural gas price index selected by ERCOT for each operating day, expressed in dollars per MWh or dollars per megawatt per hour, for that service and that interval must be posted seven calendar days after the day for which the offer is submitted.
   3. (3) Other resource-specific information, as well as self-arranged energy and ancillary capacity services, and actual resource output, for each type of service and for each resource at each settlement point.
   4. (4) The load and generation resource output, for each entity that dynamically schedules its resources.
   5. (5) For each hour, transmission flows, voltages, transformer flows, voltages and tap positions (i.e., State Estimator data). Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph and the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection, ERCOT must release relevant State Estimator data earlier than 60 days after the day for which the information is accumulated if, in its sole discretion, it determines the release is necessary to provide a complete and timely explanation and analysis of unexpected market operations and results or system events, including but not limited to pricing anomalies, recurring transmission congestion, and system disturbances. ERCOT's release of data in this event must be limited to intervals associated with the unexpected market or system event as determined by ERCOT. The data released must be made available simultaneously to all market participants.

4. (d) Reporting on forced generation outages and derates.

   1. (1) For purposes of this subsection, a forced outage or forced derate is the unavailability of all or a portion of a generation resource's or energy storage resource's capacity, based on its seasonal net maximum sustainable rating provided through ERCOT's resource registration process, that is required to be entered into the ERCOT outage scheduler and was not planned and scheduled in advance with ERCOT.

   2. (2) An owner or operator of a generation resource or energy storage resource must submit to ERCOT, in a manner consistent with ERCOT protocols, the following information related to each forced outage or forced derate of a generation resource or energy storage resource:

      1. (A) the name of the resource;
      2. (B) the resource's applicable seasonal net maximum sustainable rating, in megawatts;
      3. (C) the resource's available capacity during the resource's forced outage or forced derate, in megawatts;
      4. (D) the effective reduction to the resource's applicable seasonal net maximum sustainable rating due to the resource's forced outage or forced derate, in megawatts;
      5. (E) the start date and time of the resource's forced outage or forced derate;
      6. (F) the anticipated end date and time of the resource's forced outage or forced derate;
      7. (G) the actual end date and time of the resource's unplanned outage or derate;
      8. (H) the reason for the resource's forced outage or forced derate; and
      9. (I) any other applicable information required under the ERCOT protocols.
   3. (3) Not later than the third business day after a forced outage or forced derate under paragraph (1) of this subsection ends, ERCOT must post the information received under paragraph (2) of this subsection, in resource-specific form, for each operating day.
5. (e) Development and implementation. ERCOT must use a stakeholder process, in consultation with commission staff, to develop and implement rules that comply with this section. Nothing in this section prevents the commission from taking actions necessary to protect the public interest, including actions that are otherwise inconsistent with the other provisions in this section.

Source Note:The provisions of this §25.506 adopted to be effective May 11, 2022, 47 TexReg 2742; amended to be effective May 28, 2025, 50 TexReg 3120.