ERCOT’s low generation outages in hot, tight summer may not be sustainable

S&P Global Platts

Houston — Keeping generation in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas operating at such high levels — requiring the postponement of maintenance — to accommodate ERCOT’s tight power supply “probably is not too sustainable,” a stakeholder said during a review of market performance this past summer.

At Thursday’s ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee, Dan Woodfin, ERCOT senior director for system operations, and Dave Maggio, ERCOT senior manager of market analysis and validation, presented a review of this past summer’s market performance, which …

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