Should Advocates of Electric Industry Restructuring Have Not Promised Lower Rates?
The people want the ponies they were promised, not the more efficient allocation of ponies that should have been offered.
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Negative Power Prices in Ercot West – 2009 So Far
Michael Giberson If you thought power prices in ERCOT’s West region were interesting in 2008, keep an eye on the prices in 2009. (For background see my earlier post on negative prices in ERCOT West for 2008. Note on updated data here.) Late 2008 saw a few developments of note for the region: Almost 2000 …
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Updated: Negative Power Prices in the West Region of Ercot in 2008
Updated charts and information with respect to a post presented in November 2008 on the frequent negative power prices in the ERCOT West region.
Even in Texas Competition Between Electric Wires Companies is Prohibited, Except in Lubbock
Michael Giberson Power to The Woodlands, Texas, a little north of Houston, is delivered by two different companies. Depending on which neighborhood you live in, either your power comes via CenterPoint Energy or it comes via Entergy Texas. After power outages caused by Hurricane Ike, it took up to a week longer for power to …
Frequent Negative Power Prices in the West Region of Ercot Result from Wasteful Renewable Power Subsidies
Michael Giberson What is with all of the negative power prices in the West region of ERCOT? In the first half of 2008, prices were below zero nearly 20 percent of the time. During March, when negative prices were most frequent, prices were below zero about 33 percent of the time. After mostly taking the …