
Subsidies Undermine Independent Electric Providers
Capacity subsidies will increase power costs. Independent REPs also believe they will create an uneven playing field in the retail energy market.
Capacity subsidies will increase power costs. Independent REPs also believe they will create an uneven playing field in the retail energy market.
ERCOT officials will release a new report later this year that should incorporate a more robust modeling technique. The findings may play an important role in the ongoing debate over resource adequacy — and could have a real impact on how much we all pay for electricity.
A behind-the-scenes change in technical assumptions could cost more than $3 billion over 10 years.