Ercot

ERCOT Will Raise Texas’ System-Wide Offer Cap to $9,000 in 2015

ERCOT Will Raise Texas’ System-Wide Offer Cap to $9,000 in 2015

Katherine Tweed: May 12, 2013

To really curb peak, ERCOT needs everyone to participate in demand response.

Texas Energy Sector: Booming, Contradictory, Promising

Texas Energy Sector: Booming, Contradictory, Promising

AOL Energy, Peter Gardett: April 23, 2013

Does Texas lead because of, or despite, its idiosyncrasies?

Portraits of a Maturing Solar Market: How Key States Are Faring

Portraits of a Maturing Solar Market: How Key States Are Faring

Stephen Lacey, Herman Trabish and Eric Wesoff: April 23, 2013

The state of play in the Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas solar markets

Demand Response Needed to Beat the Heat in Texas

Demand Response Needed to Beat the Heat in Texas

Frank Lacey: April 18, 2013

Texas has a power problem.

Startup Wins $4M From KPCB to Help Consumers Shop for Energy

Startup Wins $4M From KPCB to Help Consumers Shop for Energy

Eric Wesoff: March 26, 2013

Where does your energy come from and how much do you pay for it? Texans know.

Grid Integration of Wind and Solar Is Cheap

Grid Integration of Wind and Solar Is Cheap

Herman K. Trabish: March 18, 2013

For 50 cents per megawatt-hour, you get strong wind penetration—and the grid holds up just fine.

Getting More Renewables Into the Texas Energy Mix

Getting More Renewables Into the Texas Energy Mix

Herman K. Trabish: March 8, 2013

Texas could generate up to 35 gigawatts of electricity from renewables—and it might have to, given its slim reserves.

Wind Energy Records Fall in Washington, Texas, Colorado

Wind Energy Records Fall in Washington, Texas, Colorado

Earthtechling, Pete Danko: February 20, 2013

Wind’s growing role as a U.S. electricity producer is made clear with record-setting performances in three disparate states.

Texas and Inner Mongolia Need Transmission to Integrate Wind

Texas and Inner Mongolia Need Transmission to Integrate Wind

Herman K. Trabish: February 19, 2013

A Texan and an Inner Mongolian wind developer walk into a bar…

Wind Topped All New US Generation Capacity in 2012, Ahead of Gas and Coal

Wind Topped All New US Generation Capacity in 2012, Ahead of Gas and Coal

Herman K. Trabish: February 7, 2013

Record-breaking numbers at competitive prices

Can Solar Follow Wind Into the Power Trading Market?

Can Solar Follow Wind Into the Power Trading Market?

Herman K. Trabish: November 8, 2012

How close is solar to becoming PPA-free?

Utility-Scale PV Developers Confront Future of Solar Project Business

Utility-Scale PV Developers Confront Future of Solar Project Business

Herman K. Trabish: November 1, 2012

They want the “doable renewables.”

Can a “Value of Solar Tariff” Replace Net Energy Metering?

Can a “Value of Solar Tariff” Replace Net Energy Metering?

Herman K. Trabish: August 24, 2012

Austin Energy’s VOST might be the answer to the NEM controversy.

Solar, Texas-Style: 400MW of PV for San Antonio From OCI and CPS

Solar, Texas-Style: 400MW of PV for San Antonio From OCI and CPS

Eric Wesoff: July 24, 2012

The only near-term solar demand in Texas will be in two municipal utilities’ service territories—in Austin and San Antonio.

Texas Expands Demand Response for Peak Load Relief

Texas Expands Demand Response for Peak Load Relief

Katherine Tweed: July 11, 2012

The Lone Star State might miss reserve target margins again.