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Blog: ERCOT Experiences Record Consumption, Prices Reach $9,000 Cap

by TCCFUI | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, Electricity, ERCOT

More typically, real-time prices remain below $30 and only on two other occasions in grid history have they reached the $9,000 cap.   Real-time energy prices in ERCOT surged to the $9,000-megawatt-hour cap on Tuesday, the result of triple-digit temperatures...

Blog: Giant Wholesale Price Spike Prompts Complaint Against ERCOT

by TCCFUI | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog, ERCOT

  Only once before in grid history has the price hit the $9,000 mark.   ERCOT recently recorded a dramatic $9,000-per-megawatt hour price in a segment of the wholesale power market — the very highest allowed — and the spike prompted a complaint to Texas...

BLOG: ERCOT Reports Sufficient Capacity for Coming Winter and Spring

by TCCFUI | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog, ERCOT

ERCOT Releases Preliminary Winter Assessment and Preliminary Spring Assessment   By R.A. Dyer Thumbs up. That the sign from ERCOT, which reported on Thursday that Texas generators should keep up with electricity demand during the winter and spring of 2019. ERCOT,...

BLOG: ERCOT Projections Show Sufficient Power in Texas for Fall and Winter

by TCCFUI | Sep 6, 2018 | Blog, ERCOT

  Texas should have enough power to keep the lights on this fall and winter according to reports issued today by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s primary power grid. The quasi-governmental organization on Thursday released both its final...

BLOG: ERCOT Power Prices, Congestion Costs Increase in 2017

by TCCFUI | Jun 21, 2018 | Blog, ERCOT

Key wholesale power prices in Texas increased during 2017 — an upward surge largely driven by rising natural gas prices. Average demand for power in the ERCOT market also increased in 2017. However, peak-hour demand fell by 2.2 percent from the all-time record set...

BLOG: Will Mexico Developments Undercut Authority over ERCOT?

by TCCFUI | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog, ERCOT

ERCOT is an island unto itself — that is, unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission takes over. And that at least remote possibility has captured the attention of the state’s top utility regulator. “I’m very, very concerned about it,” said Public Utility...
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TCCFUI is comprehensively focused on utility issues for Texas cities! With its volunteer board of city representatives, we work with other state and local organizations to fill unserved city needs.

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