The Electric Reliability Council of Texas set a new wind-generation output record of 15,033 MW Sunday, topping 15,000 MW for the first time, the grid operator said.
The record was set at 12:35pm CST Sunday and represented about 45% of total ERCOT electric demand at the time, according to an ERCOT news release.
Is a policy analyst consultant for TCAP, a coalition of political subdivisions in Texas that purchase electricity in the deregulated market for their own governmental use. Because energy costs are typically a significant budget item to our members, TCAP is consistently looking for ways to save our members money, through cost-saving contracts, energy efficiency or demand response programs.