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Bandera Electric Cooperative Pilots Virtual Power Plants in Texas

Bandera Electric Cooperative qualified for a Texas pilot program allowing distribution members to contribute power from community energy resources such as solar panels, home device batteries and electric cars back to the grid.

Texas Cooperative’s “Virtual Power Plant” Qualifies for ERCOT Wholesale Power Market Participation

Bandera Electric Cooperative, in collaboration with the Lower Colorado River Authority, recently announced the qualification of its Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) program, known as a Virtual Power Plant, in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) wholesale power market. The ADER uses an advanced platform capable of managing multiple aggregations of third-party...

Electric Cooperative CEO Appointed to Texas Broadband Council

Texas Governor Greg Abbot appointed Bill Hetherington, CEO of the Bandera Electric Cooperative, to the Governor’s Broadband Development Council. The council studies and identifies ways to provide internet access to underserved areas in Texas.