The first report also indicates that the monthly capacity reserve margin, expressed as a percentage, is 30.7 percent during the peak load hour in December. This is in contrast to the historical planning reserve margin target of 13.75 percent....
The report projected planning reserves at 53.7 percent, which is well above a historical target of 13.75 percent. ________________________________________________ ERCOT should have plenty of energy on hand to meet demand during the upcoming fall season, barring...
This push-and-pull dynamic means that crypto miners possess an almost unique ability to both strain grid operations because of their energy-intensive mining operations, and to enhance their own revenues by helping to resolve grid strain....
The analysis highlights dramatic inefficiencies caused by the new ancillary service and resulting “enormous increases in market costs.” ________________________________________________ Anew ancillary service has led to artificial energy scarcity on the ERCOT grid and...
A new ERCOT website will help the public keep track of new energy demand records. ________________________________________________ Texans set 10 new all-time electricity usage records this summer, and if what is past is prologue then expect more falling records in...
ERCOT began developing its Aggregate Distributed Energy Resource pilot project in June 2022. ________________________________________________ Two ‘virtual power plants’ (VPPs) are now qualified and able to provide dispatchable power to the Texas electric grid,...
