It was seeking 500 megawatts for a new demand response program but had to cancel when only three entities with less than 10 megawatts applied.
The state power grid operator is seeking a solution — again — for congestion-prone transmission lines near San Antonio it blames for increasing the risk of statewide blackouts. Pablo Vegas , CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, said Tuesday that his plan for a new conservation program failed to draw sufficient commitments to get the job done. “The contract for capacity that was issued to support summer conditions resulted in a very low submission,” he told the ERCOT board.
Texas faces 16% chance of grid emergency during evenings in August, ERCOT says It’s the second time in recent history that an ERCOT bid for extra seasonal capacity has flopped. Last winter, ERCOT tried to encourage owners of shuttered coal-fired generating plants to reopen them to increase the grid’s supply in case of a winter freeze or storm.
ERCOT’s calls for Texans to conserve power not likely to end anytime soon as grid stays stretched Adding to the problem is the South Texas transmission line near San Antonio, which runs the risk of getting overcrowded as plentiful power from South Texas wind farms and batteries is needed in North Texas, where capacity hasn’t kept up with increasing demand. This summer’s demand response plan was intended to mitigate those risks by removing local demand from the grid near the chokepoint.
ERCOT’s solution to Texas grid’s electricity transmission problem: ‘Hey S.A., cut down your use! ’ “We can’t get it out of South Texas when the demand is North Texas is very high,” he told the ERCOT board Tuesday. “There is a slightly elevated risk.” This could require ERCOT to cut off surplus generation from South Texas because sending it over to North Texas risks the stability of the existing transmission infrastructure.
Does CPS taking over your thermostat really save that much power? Shorter time spans may have made it easier to attract a greater number of participants. “I remain confident that there is significant potential in both residential and commercial and industrial demand response classes and that we need to take a more in depth approach, working with market participants, to develop a demand response product that will be added to the reliability capabilities at an ERCOT market level,” Vegas said.
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