ERCOT working on generation-related seams issues Electric Reliability Council of Texas stakeholders will spend the next few weeks discussing how to resolve issues about 4,159 MW of generation along ERCOT’s seams that can switch from supplying ERCOT to another market and vice versa. During Wednesday’s ERCOT Wholesale Market Subcommittee meeting, Bill Blevins, ERCOT grid operations … Continue reading ERCOT working on generation – related seams issues→
Texas to become the fastest-growing utility-scale solar market in the US Texas is rapidly emerging as a frontrunner for utility-scale solar growth in the US, according to various reports. US Solar Market Insight, Q2 2016, compiled by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) explains how the Lone Star state has secured a … Continue reading Texas to become the fastest-growing utility-scale solar market in the US→
Texas May Now Be Better Known for its Big Wind and Solar When you think of Texas, you think of Big Oil. Well, how about big wind and big solar? The entity that schedules and delivers electricity along the transmission grid there says that by 2030, solar will be a big supplier. Already, the state … Continue reading Texas May Now Be Better Known for its Big Wind and Solar→
Independent Market Monitors Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way Lessons Unlearned: FERC’s Punt on Market Monitors’ Independence After allegations of management interference led PJM to replace its internal market monitoring unit with an independent monitor in 2008, FERC had an opportunity to prohibit other RTOs from using the internal structure. Because it chose not to … Continue reading Independent Market Monitors Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way→
ERCOT Report Suggests a Bright Future for Solar in Texas Right now, Texas gets most of its electricity from coal and natural gas power plants. But a new report from the agency that runs Texas’ electric grid says the way the state generates electricity could be changing in the next few years. As of today, … Continue reading ERCOT Report Suggests a Bright Future for Solar in Texas→
Southwest Power Pool’s old-wires upgrade charges ‘shock’ Texas regulators Texas regulators on Thursday expressed “shock” that Southwest Power Pool has requested payment from utilities over 10 months for locally allocated costs of transmission upgrades approved over a period of more than eight years — amounts that could approach $100 million. Donna Nelson, Public Utility Commission … Continue reading Southwest Power Pool’s old-wires upgrade charges ‘shock’ Texas regulators→
Proposed ERCOT rule could boost RMR energy price 10 times If a Houston-area generator under an Electric Reliability Council of Texas reliability-must-run contract were dispatched to resolve a transmission constraint, the price would be about 10 times its current price cap under a rule hotly debated by stakeholders Thursday. At issue is Nodal Protocol Revision … Continue reading Proposed ERCOT rule could boost RMR energy price 10 times→
Lubbock or leave it: The costs of an electric divorce A battle being fought at the federal level will place $88.7 million in infrastructure costs on either Lubbock rate-payers or the rest of Xcel’s customers as Lubbock looks to cut ties and join the Texas electric grid. Xcel Energy has announced that it will seek … Continue reading #Lubbock or leave it: The costs of an electric divorce→
Big solar, wind projects in Panhandle are delayed Lincoln Clean Energy has yet to break ground on the 201 megawatt TX Nazareth Solar project in Castro County which was scheduled to go online in September, according to a review of documents from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. The project would be the first commercial-grade … Continue reading Big solar, wind projects in Panhandle are delayed→
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