Another Cold Snap and More Demand Growth: Grid Roundup #37

Another winter storm approaches Texas; ERCOT files several system plans & assessments, shows massive load growth in Dallas County; key Senate committee weighs in on large loads, and more

In this issue:

• Winter weather is coming, ERCOT forecasting over 75,000 megawatt peak Tuesday morning;

• ERCOT’s Regional Transmission Plan has eye-popping numbers for Dallas County data centers;

• PUC issues biennial recommendations to the Legislature, includes emphasis on performance metrics for monopoly utilities;

• Senate Business & Commerce Interim Report includes recommendations for additional regulation of large loads.

There were eight — yes, eight — important Texas grid reports dropped in the last two weeks of December: two were reports produced by the PUC for the Legislature; another is the Senate Business & Commerce Committee’s interim report, one was by ERCOT on demand response, and the other four are all ERCOT system assessments and plans, mostly related to transmission.

I’ve linked to all of them below. I wrote about the Long Term System Assessment in an article earlier this week, a few are summarized here, and I will cover the others over time.

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