In a landmark decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in July ordered transmission providers to revise their interconnection rules to help ease a massive backlog of requests by generators and energy storage developers for permission […]
The regional electric grid operator in Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), sent a request to stakeholders earlier this year asking for more reserve generating capacity for this upcoming winter when electricity demand is typically […]
Welcome to Grid Brief! Normally, today would be our rundown of power generation in America’s power markets. But the Energy Information Administration is still ironing out its data maintenance. So, rather than looking at generation, […]
ENB Pub Note: Ed Ireland is an industry thought leader, and I highly recommend subscribing to his substack listed at the bottom of the article. The Texas electricity grid is famous because it is not […]
ENB Pub Note: This article is from Ed Iireland’s Substack. This is one that I highly recommend subscribing and supporting. Ed’s informational articles are fantastic. Texas and much of the U.S. had a sweltering summer […]
“Where only a few years ago modern natural gas peaker plants would have been called on to meet peak demand at 5:55 pm on September 6, unreliable solar generation is now filling much of that […]
Triple-digit temperatures aren’t unusual during Texas summers, but power shortages coupled with urgent orders to conserve electricity are now routine. While Texans barely averted blackouts Wednesday evening, the state’s energy ordeals are a flickering warning […]
TEXAS, USA — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) moved out of emergency operations Wednesday night, just a little more than an hour after issuing an ‘Energy Emergency Alert 2’ for the first time since 2021. […]
ENB Pub Note: This article is from Ed Ireland’s Substack. Please subscribe to his substack and support his writing efforts HERE: “If we are facing more extreme weather due to climate change, it would be […]
This summer, North Texas had a stretch of 21 straight days with high temperatures of 100 degrees or higher. The area has also had 20 days at or above 105 degrees. Despite the heat, ERCOT […]
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