The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages 90% of the electricity market in Texas, recently wrapped up its summer season. Reminiscent of record grid loads in August 2015, the ISO saw some dramatic moments this...
By Kevin Timms
Texas is the only U.S. state that used to be its own country and it’s the only state that isn’t served by either the Eastern or Western Interconnection. It was the first state to deregulate its electricity suppliers...
By John Tucker
While there has been much focus on the Solyndra bankruptcy in solar news lately, the U.S. project pipeline is seeing massive growth in photovoltaic project development due to large cuts over the summer in solar module prices....
By Eric Danziger
Texas is more than a month into a brutal heatwave that is straining the electrical grid and setting temperature records, electricity usage records, and power pricing records. It was 105 degrees F in Austin and 109 degrees...
By Robb Miller
If you catch one of the PG&E SmartMeter (tm) ads on TV, you might get excited by what they promise. The ads are slickly produced, with customers describing how cool it is to ‘See Your Power,’ receive...
By Robb Miller
You could not describe a more perfect San Francisco spring day than the one we’re having today. Bright and sunny, in the mid-80s – it’s perfect for Opening Day. After 6 weeks of practice in the desert,...
By John Tucker
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