April 2, 2014
"We love freedom in Texas ... and as I sit here today our focus is on freedom," Andrew Sunderman, Chief Financial Officer of Direct Energy, said in a keynote at the Gulf Coast Power Association spring conference.
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December 20, 2013
In outlining several long-term energy goals for the state, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder expressed concern with retail choice, noting the "challenges" presented to investment decisions from a lack of stability.
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November 13, 2013
Actions undertaken by NRG Energy belie NRG's claims that the energy-only market does not support investment in new capacity and that the energy-only market does not provide economically viable returns, retail provider Source Power & Gas LLC said in comments to the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
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October 21, 2013
GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc. has proposed increasing the Value of Lost Load (VOLL) used to create the Operating Reserve Demand Curve (ORDC) in ERCOT due to what GDF called "unintended consequences" of the use of the cumulative distribution function to design the curve.
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October 4, 2013
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will accept comments on an issue regarding implementation of an Operating Reserves Demand Curve raised by CPS Energy.
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September 6, 2013
Implementing a "maximum" configuration of real-time energy and ancillary services co-optimization (RTEAC) in the ERCOT market would cost less than 1% of the annual projected cost of a capacity market, according to a real-time co-optimization impact assessment filed with the Public Utility Commission…
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July 24, 2013
Additional options for setting parameters of an operating reserves demand curve in ERCOT would enhance resource adequacy, even at a lower minimum contingency level, an analysis conducted by The Brattle Group showed.
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July 22, 2013
Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson has offered two proposed alternatives for implementing an Operating Reserves Demand Curve in ERCOT.
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June 26, 2013
An analysis filed by The Brattle Group indicates that an energy-only market with the version B+ proposal for an Operating Reserve Demand Curve can result in an equilibrium reserve margin in excess of the current minimum target.
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June 19, 2013
ERCOT has filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas a Value of Lost Load (VOLL) study prepared by London Economics International LLC.
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May 31, 2013
Desperate to maintain their narrative of a Texas capacity crisis, supporters of a mandatory capacity market in Texas have said that new generation being built in ERCOT, which has resulted in a 2014 reserve margin above the target, should be ignored, but if not, such investment should be seen as…
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February 14, 2013
ERCOT Files Backcast of Operating Reserve Demand Curve Proposal
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February 13, 2013
An updated analysis of ERCOT resource adequacy from Texas Public Utility Commissioner Kenneth Anderson shows that ERCOT is not projected to fall below the 13.75% reserve margin until after 2018.
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September 20, 2012
ERCOT has filed a report with the Public Utility Commission of Texas that, using a baseline of the May 2012 Capacity, Demand and Reserves (CDR) report, projects future reserve margins given several announced new generating plants not included in the May CDR report, as well as including additional…
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