July 22, 2009

Negative Power Prices in Ercot West: Charts for Jan-june 2009

Michael Giberson Below are three charts showing data on ERCOT West zone power prices for the January-June 2009 period.  The charts were derived from data provided through the ERCOT website, on their “Balancing Energy Services Market Clearing Prices for Energy Annual Report” page. These charts were prepared in the same way, including use of the …

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2009 Power Prices in Ercot’s West Zone: a Mix of Wind Power, Natural Gas Prices, Transmission Constraints, and (inefficient) Congestion Management Practices

Michael Giberson ERCOT reached a new peak load record last week, beating the record set just a week before. Boone Pickens is backing off a little from earlier ambitions to build the world’s largest wind power facility near Pampa, Texas. The Wall Street Journal reported recently that low natural gas prices are limiting interest in …

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