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Board of Directors
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) Board of Directors (board) selects ERCOT’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), sets overall goals, and guides our direction. The board oversees major functions of ERCOT: open access to the transmission grid on nondiscriminatory terms, system reliability and adequacy, and the retail and wholesale electric markets. The 11-member board consists of eight directors who are appointed by the State of Texas’ ERCOT Board Selection Committee and who are required by law to not have fiduciary duty or assets in the electricity market for the ERCOT Region, and three ex officio members: the CEO of ERCOT (non-voting), the Public Counsel of the Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC), and the Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) (non-voting). All board members are Texas residents.
Our Board Members
Paul Foster
Chair
Bill Flores
Vice Chair
Carlos Aguilar
Director
Linda Capuano
Director
Julie England
Director
Robert "Bob" Flexon
Director
Peggy Heeg
Director
Courtney Hjaltman
Public Counsel
Kathleen Jackson
Interim Chair of PUCT
John Swainson
Director
Pablo Vegas
President and CEO of ERCOT