US Southwest Power Pool sets back-to-back wind records

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The share of wind in the US Southwest Power Pool set a record Monday at 45.1%, surpassing a record set the previous day, a spokesman said.
The record was set shortly after 1 am CST Monday as wind peaked at 9,450 MW and load level was around 20,960 MW, SPP spokesman Derek Wingfield said.
That record broke one set less than 24 hours earlier when the share of wind in the power mix was 44.8% around 1:50 am Sunday as wind generation reached 9,715 MW and total load was …

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