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US FERC’s LaFleur says some power grid security interventions ‘commercially motivated’

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Maya Weber |

S&P Global Platts

Washington — US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Cheryl LaFleur on Monday poked at proposals to compensate generating resources, such as coal-fired plants, that struggle to compete with natural gas in wholesale power markets.

Speaking at the North American Gas Forum sponsored by Energy Dialogues, the Democratic commissioner said cheap and plentiful gas supplies, and the ability to quickly build gas-fired generation, had helped make gas the generating fuel of choice in …

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

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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 …