Generation

Texas regulators, power market stakeholders debate RMR rule fixes

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Texas regulators and power market stakeholders on Wednesday brainstormed how best to limit the Electric Reliability Council of Texas use of reliability-must-run contracts and how to price their services when needed.
Julia Harvey, Public Utility Commission of Texas director of wholesale market policy, conducted a rulemaking workshop for Project No. 46369, with topics including the use of RMR capacity in various ERCOT capacity calculations, the timeline for evaluating RMR and …

Generation

Southwest Power Pool sets new winter peak demand record

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The Southwest Power Pool set a new winter peak demand record of 37,780 MW, the grid operator said.
SPP set the new record at 7:21 am Friday, beating the previous record of 37,412 MW set January 18, 2016.
North Hub on-peak day-ahead LMP was $33.91/MWh for Friday delivery, compared to the month-to-date average of $30/MWh. South Hub on-peak day-ahead LMP was $33.44/MWh for …