TCPA Statement on Announcements by TCPA Members of Almost 10,000 MW of New Dispatchable Generation in ERCOT
TCPA Executive Director, Michele Richmond, released the following statement regarding the announcement of almost 10,000 MW worth of new natural gas generation projects by TCPA members in the last three weeks. Many of these projects were made public through Notices of intent to apply filed in connection with the requirements of the Texas Energy Fund (TEF).
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Texas’ grid has gone 3 years without a crisis. Will it last?
In the three years since deadly blackouts paralyzed Texas, two major winter storms have hit the electricity grid without plunging the state into blackouts.
Legislative Update: Volume 21
Tight conditions cause energy emergency for Texas grid; prices top $5,000/MWh
Emergency Alert status from 7:30 pm to 9 pm Sept. 6 and asked Texans to curtail power demand from 5 pm to 9 pm Sept. 7 amid a persistent heat wave. Power markets responded with triple and quadruple-digit pricing.
ERCOT Issues First Level 2 Emergency Alert Since Winter Storm Uri
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on Sept. 6 issued an Energy Emergency Alert 2 (EEA 2) after grid conditions quickly deteriorated around sunset (7:30 p.m.) as demand soared and operating power reserves plunged. The grid operator said that the emergency operations were necessary “due to a combination of dropping operating reserves and frequency.”