ERCOT Braces for Tight Reserves and Possible Power Shortages This Summer
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Texas will have 74 GW of generation resources available this summer, including nearly 2 GW of capacity that had been mothballed—but the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) still expects tight reserves and expects calls for conservation to deter rolling blackouts, the Texas grid operator said last week.
The entity’s recently released Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy for the ERCOT Region for summer 2012 suggests that based on resource availability and demand levels (driven by anticipated above-normal temperatures), ERCOT will need to declare an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) on multiple…