Contingency Reserve (ECRS) prices

Contingency Reserve (ECRS) prices have relaxed a bit from the levels seen in June. Thus far in July we are seeing less than a $50/MWh “premium” to RRS prices during the peak demand hours. That’s a substantial reduction from June when ECRS was first introduced in ERCOT.

Reliability Generators in ERCOT: Comparing Three Project Scenarios

Reliability generators are becoming an increasingly attractive investment in ERCOT....

Distributed Energy Financial Analysis

Energy costs are one of the largest and least controllable line items for most commercial and industrial business owners....

Texas is paying for backup power that won’t help the grid

Texas recently funded a new program to keep hospitals, water systems, and other critical facilities running when the power goes...

The Hidden Cost of Large Loads on the Electric System

Over the past several decades, electric demand growth was relatively modest, gradual, and broadly distributed across customer classes Electricity demand...

The Expanding Economics of Battery Storage

What may be changing even more significantly is the way organizations are beginning to think about the role storage can...

The Clean Peak Standard and DER Value Stack in Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ Clean Peak Standard, or CPS, is a central part of the distributed energy conversation....