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New generation resources drive up projected ERCOT reserve margins through 2025

New generation resources drive up projected ERCOT reserve margins through 2025 AUSTIN, TX, Dec. 1, 2015 — The updated 10-year Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report released today by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) shows a continuing rise in planning reserve margins in coming years, due primarily to the anticipated addition of more … Continue reading New generation resources drive up projected ERCOT reserve margins through 2025

Luminant Acquires Two NextEra Power Plants in Texas for $1.5B

Luminant Acquires Two NextEra Power Plants in Texas for $1.5B DALLAS — Luminant has acquired NextEra’s La Frontera portfolio, a pair of natural gas power plant facilities in Northeast Texas, for $1.5 billion. The portfolio consists of Forney Energy Center and Lamar Energy Center. La Frontera can generate power for about 1.5 million homes during … Continue reading Luminant Acquires Two NextEra Power Plants in Texas for $1.5B

ERCOT TO RUN SIMULATIONS OF LONG-LEAD REAL-TIME PRICING NEXT SPRING

ERCOT TO RUN SIMULATIONS OF LONG-LEAD REAL-TIME PRICING NEXT SPRING The Electric Reliability Council of Texas will do simulations in the spring on a program that could allow real-time market participation for units that need as much as 30 minutes’ lead time, state regulators learned Thursday. The Public Utility Commission of Texas received a status … Continue reading ERCOT TO RUN SIMULATIONS OF LONG-LEAD REAL-TIME PRICING NEXT SPRING

Wind helps usher in free night-time electricity for utility customers

Wind helps usher in free night-time electricity for utility customers Thanks in part to West Texas’ proliferating wind farms, some residents are enjoying free electricity. As the wind industry has blossomed over the last few years, electrical utilities have been ramping up marketing efforts for energy-use plans that allow customers to use electricity free of … Continue reading Wind helps usher in free night-time electricity for utility customers

#Calpine will support new CO2 rules #Texas is challenging in court

Calpine will support new CO2 rules Texas is challenging in court Splitting from many of its rivals in the power generation business, Houston-based Calpine Corp. will file court papers Thursday in support of the Obama administration’s new rules on power plant emissions, which Texas and other states have challenged in federal court. Calpine stands to … Continue reading #Calpine will support new CO2 rules #Texas is challenging in court

Report: #Texas demand response issues mirrors #FERC_745 debate

Report: Texas demand response issues mirrors FERC 745 debate They say that everything is bigger in Texas. And with the country’s only organized market without federal oversight – ERCOT exists totally within the state’s boundaries – one would think that developing a demand response market would also be simpler. Not so, according to SPEER’s new … Continue reading Report: #Texas demand response issues mirrors #FERC_745 debate

Attorneys: #NRG withheld $3.3M from ratepayers

Attorneys: NRG withheld $3.3M from ratepayers More than $3.3 million may have been withheld from the city’s ratepayers by NRG Power Marketing, according to claims made by attorneys for Denton Municipal Electric in district court Thursday. The city-owned utility filed suit against NRG Power Marketing earlier this year. The lawsuit got its first substantial hearing … Continue reading Attorneys: #NRG withheld $3.3M from ratepayers