Electricity

Ercot Begins to Settle Accounts Based on Data Rather Than Guesses

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Michael Giberson Okay, so my title above is a little over dramatic, but the essence of the title remains.  Previously, lacking high quality interval data on retail consumption, ERCOT has been allocating charges to retail energy suppliers based on load profiles – not exactly guesses, more like informed guesses.  As distribution utilities in the competitive …

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The Benefits of the Proposed Tres Amigas Interconnection

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Michael Giberson Both of the Tres Amigas filings at FERC (see background) provide summaries of the anticipated benefits of the proposed interconnection between the Eastern, Western, and ERCOT interconnections.  Each of the five kinds of benefits listed below seem plausible to me.  While estimating the size of the benefits would require a lot of hard …

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More Tres Amigas Interconnection Details Revealed in FERC Filings

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Michael Giberson Today Tres Amigas LLC submitted two filings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, one seeking assurance from FERC that linking the ERCOT system to the proposed interconnection project would not subject ERCOT to FERC jurisdiction, and the other seeking authority to sell transmission services at negotiated rates. According to the filings, affirmative answers …

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Reduced Air Emissions Due to Wind Power: More

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Michael Giberson Kent Hawkins has a further post at Master Resource examining the effects of wind power on overall emissions produced in a power system. In the post Hawkins examines the Michael Milligan et al, article, “Wind Power Myths Debunked,” appearing in the most recent IEEE Power and Energy Magazine (an article mentioned in comments …

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Thankful for Lax Security at Turkey Point?

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Michael Giberson The Miami Herald reports that early Thanksgiving morning smugglers dropped 30-plus Cuban migrants off on the property of the Turkey Point nuclear power plant, 25 miles south of Miami.  Apparently the group remained undetected on the property for about 8 hours, at which time the group called the plant’s control room seeking a …

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How to Build a Nuclear Power Plant Without Captive Ratepayers

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Michael Giberson Jonathon Fahey, at Forbes.com, explains “How NRG Energy Wants to Revive Nuclear Industry.” In the early part of the decade proponents talked breathlessly of a nuclear renaissance in the U.S. Natural gas prices were high, electricity demand was rising, and it seemed that carbon emissions would soon be either taxed or limited. In …

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Appliance Sales to Get ‘cash for Clunkers’ Boost? (2)

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Michael Giberson In August we took note of stories indicating that appliance sales were going to get a “cash for clunkers”-like boost.  James Hamilton at Econbrowser offers updated discussion, links, and commentary: Here is the description of the program from the Energy Department (hat tip: King Banaian): In late 2009 or early 2010, you may …

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Two Views on Electric Utility Restructuring in Pennsylvania

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Michael Giberson From the Central Penn Business Journal, two views on electric utility industry restructuring in Pennsylvania: First from Matt Brouillette: Pennsylvania’s electricity rate caps have kept prices artificially low, preventing competitors from entering the marketplace and consumers from having choices. Now, when rate caps expire in 2010 in PPL territory, most of central Pennsylvania …

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