KRIS 6 NEWS: ERCOT CEO discusses reliability and challenges for the power grid Oct. 23 — If they didn’t before, many learned about the Electric Reliability Council of Texas or better known as ERCOT, in February 2021. When ERCOT’s power grid failed during a...
Anxiety over the proliferation of cryptocurrency mines in Texas has prompted the proposed regulation, but it also could affect oil fields, steel mills and other major electricity consumers ________________________________________________ ERCOT is considering a new...
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....
