New Solar and Storage Records in Texas: Grid Roundup #69

Battery record set last night, solar record set today; ERCOT projects 84 gigawatt demand the next two days; important issues and upcoming comment and intervention deadlines at the PUC

Grid Roundup

In this issue:

• There are new solar and battery storage records in ERCOT;

• Gas & coal plant outages up sharply as ERCOT projects ~84 gigawatt peaks the next two days, all-time summer peak demand record threatened; and

• Multiple comment deadlines upcoming at the PUC on DER interconnection and an intervention deadline in the Oncor rate case.

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Battery and solar records fall in ERCOT

Batteries broke an all-time record last night with nearly 6,300 megawatts, per Grid Status.

It is highly likely that record will not survive the week, and perhaps even the day.