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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Mitchell Ferman

Pablo Vegas, a utility executive in Ohio, named ERCOT’s new CEO

Pablo Vegas.
Pablo Vegas has been named the new CEO of ERCOT. (Credit: PR handout)

Pablo Vegas, a utility executive who lives in Ohio, will be the new leader of Texas’ main power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT’s board announced Vegas’ hiring Tuesday.

Vegas becomes ERCOT’s first permanent chief executive in 16 months, since former CEO Bill Magness was fired in the aftermath of the February 2021 power grid disaster, when a strong winter storm left millions of Texans without power for days after freezing temperatures shut down natural gas facilities and power plants, which rely on each other to keep electricity flowing. Hundreds of people died.

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