The electricity market in Texas this August has been a tale of two markets. Wholesale electricity rates at times during the month spiked to levels seldom seen before. The electricity […]
Category: Texas Electricity
What to Expect From Wholesale Electricity Rates in 2020 and Beyond
Using data from 2018 on the wholesale electricity market, we can view the somewhat consistent pricing of wholesale electricity from the ERCOT North hub – from the months of January […]
Substituting Natural Gas with Electricity (In Texas)?
There is no shortage of new technologies that tout themselves as the next big thing in energy and saving consumers money. But according to a paper by Pecan Street, replacing […]
Will Texas Offer More Help for Energy Bills in the Future?
Temperatures this summer were record setting. And with the high heat came expensive electricity bills that left many Texas customers unable to pay their bills. Air conditioning a house in […]
Climate Change and The Texas Electricity Grid
Climate change is having real impacts on the Texas grid. With Texas’ grid operator ERCOT recently declaring an emergency because of record-setting electricity demands, there is considerable pressure for the […]
Texas Heat Wave Means Record-Setting Demand for Electricity
Texas is hot right now, and demand electricity demand is even hotter. Consumers are combating the temperature by turning up their A/C dial, but this is resulting in record-setting electricity […]
Analyzing The ERCOT Reserve Margin Prediction
Earlier this year, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) made an optimistic prediction that raised alarms for NRG’s CEO, Mauricio Gutierrez. According to Gutierrez, ERCOT’s prediction that the next […]
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