ERCOT Has Enough Fall, Winter Power; NatGas-Fired Units Recently Added
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said Thursday that it expects to have enough power generating capacity available to meet fall and winter demand.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said Thursday that it expects to have enough power generating capacity available to meet fall and winter demand.
It's summer in the Lone Star State and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is setting power demand records again.
The federal Clean Power Plan (CPP) could result in the retirement, starting in 2022, of at least 4,000 MW of coal-fired generation capacity -- with natural gas making up most of the shortfall -- but the plan alone could hike energy costs for consumers up to 16% by 2030, according to a revised analysis by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
Texas should have plenty of generation capacity, natural gas and otherwise, to deal with an expected mild summer and the startup of one big gas-fired facility sooner than expected, officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said Monday.
Texas should have plenty of generation capacity, natural gas and otherwise, to deal with an expected mild summer and the startup of one big gas-fired facility sooner than expected, officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said Monday.
Reliant Resources is doing well in the opening innings of retail electric choice in the ERCOT market and looks to growing retail sales to provide a natural hedge to its wholesale market operations, Chairman Steve Letbetter told stockholders in making a delayed announcement Friday of very positive fourth quarter and full year 2001 earnings for the Resources group and parent Reliant Energy.