Category: Generation

Coal-fired power burn jumps 54%

Platts Coal-fired power burn jumps 54% month on month in May: ERCOT Coal-fired power burn in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas totaled 7.3 TWh in May, up 53.5% from 4.8 TWh in April, according to ERCOT’s latest Demand and…

ERCOT’s summer 2016 reserves shrinking

Platts The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ latest Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy shows a dwindling level of reserves in excess of forecast summer peakload, compared with December and March forecasts for this summer, but officials say it is “enough.”…