Texas will have enough electricity for winter, grid operator says The Texas electrical grid will be able to handle the demands of the state’s households this winter and next spring, the grid’s operator announced Tuesday. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the electric grid and market that serves most of Texas, released its … Continue reading Texas will have enough electricity for winter, grid operator says
ERCOT panel advances load visibility rule changes Electric Reliability Council of Texas market participants may get a better idea of how load is performing and what load resources are available as a result of its Technical Advisory Committee actions on Thursday. Among the nodal protocol revision requests approved by the committee Thursday was NPRR 797, … Continue reading ERCOT panel advances load visibility rule changes
Coal-fire power plants have served their purpose One of the points we touched on a few weeks ago when we published a report on the declining role of coal-fired electricity plants in Texas is that they aren’t nearly the baseload workhorses they used to be. Our report, “Fundamental Changes in Energy Markets Are Undermining the … Continue reading Coal – fire power plants have served their purpose
‘I’m bullish about solar in Texas. It’s just a matter of timeframe’ Chicago-based Lincoln Clean Energy is among the fastest growing renewable energy developers in the Texas ERCOT market, which serves 90% of the state’s electric load. It has the 200MW (ac) Nazareth PV project in development and recently signed an off-take deal with Amazon … Continue reading ‘I’m bullish about solar in Texas. It’s just a matter of timeframe’
ERCOT, SPP Collaborate to Improve Visualization Tool In an industry where grid operators often engage in bickering and litigation over their borders, ERCOT and SPP have proven neighbors can also collaborate for the common good. The grid operators’ in-house developers have worked together to produce version 2.0 of the Macomber Map, a visualization tool for … Continue reading ERCOT , SPP Collaborate to Improve Visualization Tool
The One and Only Texas Wind Boom Wind power has transformed the heart of fossil-fuel country. Can the rest of the United States follow suit? Rolan Petty stabbed at the dirt with a boot toe and looked up at the broiling west Texas sun. “I call it farming on faith,” he said of his unirrigated … Continue reading The One and Only #Texas Wind Boom
EP Electric’s $380M power plant completed El Paso Electric officials on Thursday celebrated the completion of the company’s new, $380 million Montana Power Station in far East El Paso County. The plant’s four natural-gas powered generating units have been phased in since March 2015. The last unit began supplying power Thursday as company officials held … Continue reading EP Electric’s $380M power plant completed
ERCOT issues Conservation Warning in Rio Grande Valley
Texas PUC OKs ERCOT, SPP Studies on Lubbock Move Texas regulators last week accepted a proposal from ERCOT and SPP staff on how they will coordinate their separate studies on Lubbock Power & Light’s planned move to the ERCOT grid. In a joint letter to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Warren Lasher, ERCOT’s director … Continue reading Texas PUC OKs ERCOT, SPP Studies on Lubbock Move
Wind capacity growth clouds ERCOT market outlook With wind turbines accounting for an increasing share of the capacity mix in Texas’ wholesale power market, the certainty around market outcomes is diminishing. “The [Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc.] market is now more dependent on random weather than ever,” ICF analysts wrote in an upcoming report. … Continue reading Wind capacity growth clouds ERCOT market outlook
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