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Houston — The Midcontinent Independent System Operator has 4,250 MW of wind and 730 MW of natural gas-fired generation under construction scheduled to be online by mid-summer, a Generation Interconnection Queue report generated Wednesday showed, and 28 projects, totaling almost 5 GW, have been withdrawn so far this year.

Of the wind total under construction, 2,032 MW has “Negotiated In Service Dates” in 2019, and when those projects will be brought online remains unclear, but …

Houston — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has forecast a new record peak demand of 76,696 MW in the summer of 2020, and tight conditions, with just 82,417 MW of resources likely to be able to meet that demand, a report released Thursday showed.

The Preliminary Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy’s forecast peakload for the summer period of June-September 2020 rose from ERCOT’s record peakload of 74,820 MW, set August 12, but was the …