Does ERCOT think it will have enough power this summer? Here’s what its own report says

by: Daniel Marin

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following a weekend of hot spring weather and a suggestion that Texans conserve energy, the state’s power grid operator, the Energy Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), on Monday released its outlook for the summer.

ERCOT said according to its Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy (SARA) for summer 2022, the region “is expected to have sufficient installed generating capacity” to serve peak power demands from June through September.

The council said due to growth across Texas, it expects peak demand to hit …

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