ERCOT set record wind output amid windy weather

Jeff Zhou | S&P Global Platts

Houston — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas set a new wind output record of 19.2 GW in late Thursday, as a storm system was moving into the area with high wind.

High wind generation was seen heading into the evening hours, starting with 18.4 GW at 9 pm CST Thursday and breaking the previous all-time high of  …

New England generators seek redo of FERC capacity order

S&P Global Platts | Author Kate Winston

Washington — Echoing retroactive ratemaking concerns raised by the chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, generators are asking FERC to reconsider an order that could impact the price generators would get paid to delay the retirement from the ISO New England capacity market.

The New England Power Generators Association said a key problem is that generators had no warning that the rules would change before choosing whether to submit a …