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The energy industry is difficult to explain to newcomers. EnergyGPS has put together a list of our favorite books in electricity and natural gas markets.
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This artilce sets the stage for how batteries within the CAISO footprint are impacting the grid/markets. As the capacity continues to grow, the impacts will be seen in various markets and at different levels. As this technology unfolds, we will be there with the analytical foresight to understand how the current habits evolve.
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ERCOT continues to be the leading when it comes to overall wind capacity within its electricity grid. It was not until the past couple of years that solar generation has started to pop up across the middle of the day. It is nowhere near that of California but it is a start. As we continue to dive into the analysis, the one thing is clear, the solar output matches better to the peak load unlike that of the Golden State.
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A battery can sell three types of products: resource adequacy (RA), ancillary services , and energy. RA revenue is a function of the capacity market rules (e.g., size of battery and duration), and is generally procured on a monthly or annual basis. As such, RA value is not directly impacted by short term energy and ancillary prices or dispatch. Ancillary services, especially regulating reserves, are currently profitable, but the market for them is very small compared to the size of the energy market. In the CAISO, for example, the current regulating reserve market is about 300 MW of “reg up” and 300 MW of “reg down.” Historically, the regulating reserve market was served by flexible hydro and natural gas.
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This past January, ERCOT implemented the first part of scarcity price policy revisions from the Public Utility Commission of Texas. These changes, affecting the Operating Reserve Demand Curve adder (ORDC), were set to take place in two phases: at the beginning of 2019 and 2020. This past April, EGPS discussed the proposed first change and how it might affect ERCOT pricing. Now, at the end of the summer, it’s time to look ahead at the upcoming second change. This article presents an analysis where the frequency and level of ORDC adders is calculated using defined adjustments. We compute expected adjustments based on the known change to the ORDC adder coming March 2020 (Phase 2 adder) as well as some expected change to the net resource mix.....
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Our neighbors to the North have found themselves in the news more than they would probably like in recent days thanks to heat and wildfires that are causing reverberations across both Canada and the United States. Alberta is in the middle of a warm streak with temperatures into the 80s, which ...
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After a flashy commercial with speeding cars down long stretches of highway and promises of high fuel efficiency, the same warning always plays- mileage may vary. Whether driving 70 MPH on empty freeways or stuck in traffic within city limits, so many factors go into how far a car will be able to ...
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ERCOT has been walking a tight rope when it comes to being the leader when it comes to wind generation making its way to the grid as the last two months have been trending lower with April’s 2023 profile looking more like 2021 while the May 2023 took a life of its own and sliced down to ...
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The West energy markets always seem to have some sort of twist and turn that creates discussion amongst the market participants. For example, in years past the natural gas space was all about the lack of storage tied to Aliso Canyon and an aging El Paso pipeline while the Pacific Northwest ...
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Over the past two months, EnergyGPS has promoted it’s joint venture with Gary Ackerman, where the end game is provided market participants in the energy sector with a version of the ‘Burrito’ that incorporates all the usual sections Gary is notoriously known for along with a ...
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The month of May has seen relatively low demand across the country, as well as wind generation that has lagged behind last spring in many power markets which has combined to expose solar resources—in the old guard of CAISO as well as more recent rival for the crown of solar king in ERCOT, all ...
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With Memorial Day weekend in the rearview, it’s the unofficial start of summer and the beginning of the end for spring outage season. Over the last few months, more than 35 nuclear power plants have gone offline for scheduled maintenance. Some were off for a few weeks, while others stopped ...
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The month of May has delivered another round of weather chaos across the country as Western Canada (specifically Alberta) is dealing with forest fires that are ravaging areas that were once thought of as untouchable to the blazes themselves. The Pacific Northwest and now California was ...
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ERCOT continues to be a focal point in the energy space as it has been a couple of years since Storm-Uri took the grid operations to the bring. Prior to the event, the grid was the leader when it came to wind capacity and the solar profile was just starting to percolate to where the volume ...
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Battery operators trying to capture the arbitrage in the SP15 real-time and day-ahead markets face many choices. One of these includes deciding whether to double-cycle and chase the price peaks in the morning ramp. The cycle of midday charging and evening dispatch is consistently profitable and ...
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