The Merit Order
Brian BartholomewPosts + charts on electricity markets, clean power, and niche memes
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Saturday Grid Coffee
More or less what it seams
The divides between the three US grids or ‘seams’ are on full display this morning.
There’s free and negative pricing for wholesale electricity across the west and most of Texas, and higher prices just on th...
Texas braces for potential emergency grid conditions as ailing wind, spiking outages squeeze power supply
The Texas grid is bracing for what appears likely to be its tightest evening so far this summer. ERCOT has issued a watch for reserves potentially dropping to emergency levels, the sixth such warning in the last seven days.
Low wind,...
Texas notches fourth straight day of $1bn+ electricity market costs, calls for energy conservation
ERCOT calls for energy conservation
For the fourth day in a row, ERCOT has issued an advisory for projected reserve capacity shortages and called for energy conservation where safe. Rotating outages remain unlikely without significant...
A $1bn+ Saturday in the Texas electricity market (Chart)
Saturday brings more soaring temperatures, tight operating reserves, and astronomical power prices to ERCOT.
The grid operator has advised of potential capacity shortages and issued calls for conservation for the third day in a row.
Ju...
ERCOT prices flare as strong demand, weak wind test Texas grid
Texas remains primed for tight grid conditions and power price eruptions. For the second day in a row, ERCOT has issued an advisory for projected reserve capacity shortages and called for energy conservation where safe.
Rotating outages r...
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Energy, charts. You can find me at @bpbartholomew on twitter. Making publicly accessible electric grid charts and data at opengridworks.com.
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