South Texas Nuclear Reactors Can’t Compete With Renewables, Risk Financial Meltdown HOUSTON February 10, 2016 – Public Citizen, the SEED Coalition and the South Texas Association for Responsible Energy are opposing a decision by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to approve construction of two new nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project nuclear plant … Continue reading South Texas Nuclear Reactors Can’t Compete With Renewables, Risk Financial Meltdown→
ERCOT STAKEHOLDERS TO REVISIT PAYING POWER GENERATORS TO RAMP DOWN Houston (Platts)–9 Feb 2016 633 pm EST/2333 GMT Generators required by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to ramp down for grid reliability may be compensated under a proposal ERCOT’s board has asked stakeholders to reconsider, in response to an appeal of the proposal’s failure … Continue reading ERCOT STAKEHOLDERS TO REVISIT PAYING POWER GENERATORS TO RAMP DOWN→
Invenergy to Provide Clean Power to Google CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Invenergy today announced that it has signed a 225 MW wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google to provide the tech giant with renewable energy to help support its data center operations. Google first announced this deal in December during the COP21 … Continue reading #Invenergy to Provide Clean Power to #Google→
TEXAS ELECTRICITY REGULATORS WON’T FIX A $50 MILLION MISTAKE Hot weather and blasted a/c might be two factors influencing your utility bill. But since utility prices in Texas are ultimately decided by a computer, not humans, consumers may have something else to worry about: computers making errors based on wrong information, which can cause your … Continue reading #TEXAS ELECTRICITY REGULATORS WON’T FIX A $50 MILLION MISTAKE→
Complaint Filed Over Alleged ‘Fake Profits’ In Texas Electricity Market There’s a new development in a story we reported last year: allegations that mistakes made in the Texas electricity market resulted in millions of dollars of so-called “fake profits.” Like oil or other commodities, electricity in Texas is sold on a wholesale market that is … Continue reading Complaint Filed Over Alleged ‘Fake Profits’ In Texas Electricity Market→
Texas stays in front on wind Texas stays in front on wind The state added 3,615 megawatts of wind power overall last year out of 8,598 new megawatts nationally, according to an annual year-end report by the American Wind Energy Association. One megawatt is typically enough to power about 500 Texas residence during mild weather … Continue reading #Texas stays in front on wind→
Invenergy confirms 225-MW PPA with Google January 28 (SeeNews) – US firm Invenergy Wind LLC yesterday confirmed a 225-MW power purchase agreement with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), under which it will supply about 965 GWh annually to the internet giant. The deal was first announced in early December, when Google said it has struck 842 MW … Continue reading #Invenergy confirms 225-MW PPA with #Google→
ERCOT: Wind energy provided record 45% of electricity on Dec. 20 The duration of wind energy meeting almost half of ERCOT’s demand showcases the grid’s ability to handle sustained amounts of the resource without significant reliability issues. Texas had the most installed wind capacity of any state at the end of the third quarter in … Continue reading ERCOT: Wind energy provided record 45% of electricity on Dec. 20→
Energy use in ERCOT region grows 2.2 percent in 2015 Record summer demand drives energy use to nearly 7.5 million MWh more than 2014 AUSTIN, TX, Jan. 15, 2016 — A record-breaking summer, which brought a new all-time peak demand record approaching 70,000 megawatts (MW), contributed to an increase in electricity use in the Electric … Continue reading Energy use in ERCOT region grows 2.2 percent in 2015→
Smart meters: boon or boondoggle? San Antonio’s municipal utility says smart meters are a boon to the city and customers. Opponents say the devices are a boondoggle. “While utilities promise the ‘smart grid’ will solve climate change, no independent evidence of energy savings have been demonstrated,” says Josh Hart, director of the California-based group Stop … Continue reading Smart meters: boon or boondoggle?→
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