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Thursday Jul 29, 2021 |
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This year was expected to be a problem for the California ISO power dispatch. The multi year drought has taken hydro power down to only 1.5 GWa which is a loss of 1.1 GWa from year ago levels. It was widely anticipated that this would happen and that thermal commits within the state would have ...
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Wednesday Jul 28, 2021 |
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A mini-heat wave this week pushed ERCOT peak-hour load figures up near record highs, but – due to the robust growth of renewables – the market impact from elevated load days just isn’t what it used to be. For ERCOT’s net thermal records to become at risk will take ...
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Tuesday Jul 27, 2021 |
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The South Central is finally getting some heat across Texas and other states along the Gulf Coast. This means that the hourly power demand profile is moving higher with the later afternoon block of hours riding the steepest point of the curve given the wind dies down substantially when the ...
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Monday Jul 26, 2021 |
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It seems like years not months since the February situation turned ERCOT's electricity market upside down and left many with more questions than answers. Most of the conversation around the ERCOT market was reserved for the summer months when power demand was at its peak and the market ...
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Friday Jul 23, 2021 |
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By Tim Belden
https://www.stoketravel.com/stokepedia/how-not-to-die-at-the-running-of-the-bulls/
Renewable procurement by corporates really began to accelerate around 2015. I remember working with corporate clients at that time as they tried to figure out what to buy, where to buy, and when to ...
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Thursday Jul 22, 2021 |
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A little less than two weeks ago (July 9th, 2021), the California electricity grid was dealt a pretty harsh blow as the Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon ignited the area around the AC transmission line that connects the Pacific Northwest electrical grid to that of Northern California. As a ...
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021 |
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The spreads to ship U.S. LNG abroad just keep getting stronger and stronger. The latest lever has been a record-setting heatwave hitting Europe the past 14 days. This perpetuates a summer of extraordinary heat both in Europe and Asia, keeping global LNG demand figures strong this ...
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Tuesday Jul 20, 2021 |
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The month of July has delivered temperatures across the East, Midwest and South Central that are more geared towards the end of spring and not that of the middle of July. As a result, the power demand numbers have been coming in below that of last year and with incremental renewable ...
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Monday Jul 19, 2021 |
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There is an old saying that is referenced with one is in a hurry and needs to get out the door. It is referenced in sports as the team that is behind needs to start making a dent into the deficit that is in play. In essence, the reference is that something needs to be done as time is ...
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Friday Jul 16, 2021 |
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Over a week after the flames began in Southern Oregon, the Bootleg fire remains the largest wildfire currently burning in the United States, covering an area more than 227,000 acres. Figure 1 shows a satellite image of the Bootleg fire raging on the evening of the 14th. As can be seen ...
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