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A new ERCOT report shows major future demand on power grid. Why experts are skeptical
However, some energy experts said the numbers could be deceiving, pointing to changes in how the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, forecasts the numbers. This month, ERCOT released ...
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Backyard backup: Virtual power plants give homeowners — and grid — security
ERCOT is considering doubling the target size of the pilot to 160 megawatts and adding regulatory tweaks to increase participation. As is, Bandera Electric in the Hill Country and Tesla networks ...
San Antonio Express-News29d
ERCOT approves $100M plan to shut CPS plants, use mobile generators instead
The board had already voted to keep the largest of three aging Braunig units open past retirement as ERCOT tries to work around transmission chokepoints around San Antonio. “All consumers ...
The Business Journals29d
ERCOT agrees to use CenterPoint's unused generators to fill power shortfall
The ERCOT board has agreed to move toward finalizing CenterPoint's proposal to send controversial generators to San Antonio. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ board has agreed to ...
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ERCOT approves $54 million plan to move CenterPoint’s mobile generators to San Antonio
The ERCOT Board of Directors convene for a meeting at the organization's headquarters in Austin on Dec. 3, 2024. Credit: Noah Devereaux for the Texas Tribune ...
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ERCOT approves $54 million plan to move CenterPoint’s mobile generators to San Antonio
The ERCOT Board of Directors convene for a meeting at the organization's headquarters in Austin on Dec. 3, 2024. (Noah Devereaux For The Texas Tribune, Noah Devereaux For The Texas Tribune ...
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ERCOT approves $54 million plan to move CenterPoint’s mobile generators to San Antonio
Texas’ main grid operator on Tuesday approved a $54 million plan to replace two aging natural gas-powered plants near San Antonio with the massive mobile generators that CenterPoint Energy came ...
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ERCOT approves plan to send CenterPoint's controversial generators to San Antonio
CenterPoint won’t earn any revenue from the arrangement. But it will still cost ERCOT approximately $54 million to use those diesel generators in the San Antonio region to prevent broader grid ...
The Texas Tribune1mon
ERCOT approves $54 million plan to move CenterPoint’s mobile generators to San Antonio
ERCOT said that the loss of those units, which sit near a problem area in the state’s transmission infrastructure, would increase the risks of power outages across the grid. Transmission ...
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ERCOT approves $54 million plan to move 2 massive mobile generators
Texas’ main grid operator on Tuesday approved a $54 million plan to replace two aging natural gas-powered plants near San Antonio with the massive mobile generators that CenterPoint Energy came ...
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ERCOT CEO wants some companies to use their own generators during peak demand
But only a week before, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, issued a sobering report that said the state’s demand for power could outpace supply by summer 2026. CEO Pablo Vegas ...