Energy Emergency - Texas Power Provider Warns Of Rotating Outages As Cold Weather Tests Limits Of Grid situation in Texas doing from bad to worse:
Weather forecast models suggest the polar vortex will continue pouring Arctic air into much of the central US through Feb. 20. This means nat gas prices could rise even higher early next week as electricity demand continues to soar over the weekend as Americans crank up their thermostats and watch Netflix shows or mine Bitcoin.
Texas power grid operator
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking consumers and businesses to reduce their electricity use as much as possible Sunday, Feb. 14 through Tuesday, Feb. 16.
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Power generation panel mulls storage support, market rules
The Climate Action Council s power generation panel still has a lot to tackle before it makes formal recommendations on how the state can achieve its renewable energy goals.
During a wide-ranging discussion Friday, panel members raised the issue of stopping the buildout of new natural gas plants and developing a plan to close the existing ones, but the conversation focused on research opportunities and changes to energy market rules to support renewable energy.
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At the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”), President Joseph Biden selected Richard Glick, one of two Democratic commissioners on the five person commission, as Chairman. The Chair sets FERC’s agenda, so even without a tie-breaker vote or a majority of Democratic Commissioners (the situation until one of the Republican Commissioners departs), Chairman Glick will have significant influence over FERC policy for 2021. As is most relevant for
Sustainability Bulletin readers, FERC covered a lot of ground on renewables issues in 2020 and we expect more of the same for 2021. Chairman Glick’s dissents in 2019 and 2020 provide a roadmap for what we may see from FERC on renewables issues in 2021 and beyond. Below, we highlight a few material FERC renewables developments in 2020 and look ahead to possible developments in FERC’s approach when similar issues queue up before FERC in 2021
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