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ERCOT reserve margins likely to dip below target: IMM

Several coal- and natural gas-fired power plants are shutting down in Texas within the next year. This is expected to drop ERCOT’s reserve margin below their target threshold, which board members are expecting will strengthen power prices in the coming years. Recently announced planned retirements of 4,500 MW of generation capacity in the Electric Reliability […]

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Morning Energy Blog – October 10, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • Stocks close little changed on light volume. • Nasdaq breaks 9 day rally. Equities closed marginally lower yesterday on very light volume due to the holiday. The Dow fell 13 points to 22,761 and the S&P 500 slipped 5 points to 2,545. The Nasdaq touched an all-time high intraday but […]

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ERCOT Sets New April Demand Record

Peak demand records are being set already in ERCOT, and its only May!  Load up on the sunblock and get your peak demand management ready, it could be a long, hot summer… ERCOT last month set a new record for April peak demand, registering a high of 53,420 MW during the hour ending 5 p.m. […]

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Morning Energy Blog – February 1, 2017

Equities and the Economy: • S&P 500 closes lower for 4th consecutive session. • For the month of January, all three major bourses post gains. It was a mixed bag for U.S. equities yesterday with the Dow getting smacked closing down 107 points, a half percent, at 19,864, the S&P 500 ending down 2 at […]

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Morning Energy Blog – November 17, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Consolidation was the name of the game yesterday for U.S. stocks. The Dow closed down 55 points, 0.3%, at 18,868 snapping a 7 day win streak. The financial sector, i.e. big banks, were the losers on the day falling 2% pulling the index down. This was just profit taking for that […]

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Morning Energy Blog – September 20, 2016

Equities and the Economy: Kind of a strange day yesterday. Taking their que from fairly strong European markets, U.S. stocks were markedly higher in the morning and up as much as 132 points an hour after the open but they then began to fade and in early afternoon were even negative on the day by […]

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Amazon Announces Texas Wind Farm, Company’s Largest to Date

Amazon announced Amazon Wind Farm Texas, a new 253-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Scurry County, Texas, that will generate 1,000,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of wind energy annually. Scheduled to open in late 2017, Amazon Wind Farm Texas will be the company’s largest renewable energy project to date. Amazon contracted with Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE), who will […]

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Solar Will Replace Nearly All Retiring Coal in Texas

Coal and natural gas plants are retiring in Texas. Now may be the time to look into solar and storage options to provide energy stability for the future. ERCOT may need to plan for a skinny duck curve. In the next 15 years, Texas expects to add somewhere between 14 and 27 gigawatts of solar […]

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Morning Energy Blog – April 14, 2016

Equities and the economy (Today’s Blog will be briefer than normal because I had an early morning meeting) Outstanding! That describes yesterday’s performance for U.S. stocks. The Dow raced higher by 187 points, 1.06%, ending at 17,908, the S&P 500 rose 21, 1.0%, to 2,082 and the Nasdaq added 75, 1.6%, finishing at 4,947. The […]

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