Both Supply *and* Demand Are Booming in Texas: Grid Roundup #63

ERCOT shows over 400 gigawatts in the interconnection queue; IMM says batteries are lowering consumer costs; Industrial growth is over 15% annually in Oncor's service territory; PUC meets this morning

I’ll be online for a subscriber chat from 10:00-11:00 a..m CT today during the PUC Open Meeting, the first one after the legislative session, to provide updates from the meeting and to answer any questions you have about the recently concluded legislative session, or anything else on your mind.

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In this edition of the Grid Roundup:

• ERCOT’s Generator Interconnection Status update this week shows 409 gigawatts of new supply in the queue, including 174 gigawatts of battery energy storage;

• Annual industrial demand growth is over 15% in Oncor’s service territory over the last five years, projected to continue at that pace over the next two years;

• State of the Market report projects 60 gigawatts of new solar and storage over the next four years; notes battery storage lowered costs for consumers.

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