Key wholesale power prices in Texas plummeted during 2015 — a drop largely driven by declining natural gas prices. Wind and natural gas-fired plants also generated record amounts of electricity in Texas, while the share of power from coal plants fell to a record low....
Could solar power fall victim to its own success? That appears to be the underlying suggestion from two solar analysts who examined the industry’s long-term prospects. The problem relates to “value deflation,” a theoretical concept from economics — but one with...
It would have been a big, big change — one that would have impacted behind-the-scenes operations in the Texas wholesale power market. But for now it’s not happening. ERCOT, also known as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, operates the state’s primary power...
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