Nov 2, 2017 | Electricity GenerationTexas should have sufficient generation capacity to safely keep the lights burning for the coming months — even given the announced retirements of several big generating plants. That’s the word this week from ERCOT, the organization that manages the...
Oct 12, 2017 | Policy and ReformYou flip a switch, your lights come on. The more power you use, the bigger your bill. It sounds simple and it is — and yet just below the surface lurks a tangle of engineering constraints, big-moneyed interests and a fantastically complex wholesale power market. And...
Sep 8, 2017 | Rates and ServiceTexas should have more than enough electricity to reliably serve its needs during the upcoming fall and winter, according to the organization that manages the state’s primary power grid. Neither will system reliability be undermined by the lingering effects of...
May 9, 2016 | Policy and ReformManaging distributed generation — that is, power produced at the level of individual customers from such sources as diesel generators and solar panels — raises all sorts of complex issues for ERCOT, the state’s primary electric grid operator. How should distributed...
May 5, 2016 | Policy and ReformDespite growing demand, power capacity reserves in Texas won’t likely run short any time soon. That appears to be the message from ERCOT, the organization that oversees the state’s power grid, as it releases this week its seasonal and 10-year reserve forecasts. The...
