Texas Now #1 in Batteries, Too: Grid Roundup #79

Texas passes California in batteries; ERCOT's residential DR program to be discussed by stakeholders today; Texas' gas interconnection queue up 170% in 18 months; new October peak demand record set

• ERCOT’s Residential DR Proposal to be discussed by stakeholders today, program design will almost certainly need to be altered to gain approval;

• Developers and ERCOT connected a gigawatt of batteries in September alone; S&P reports ERCOT now ahead of California

• Interconnection queue for gas spikes to 43 gigawatts, a 170% increase from 2024

• Texans shatter October peak demand record by nearly 4,000 megawatts

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Residential Demand Response (RDR) proposal from ERCOT under the microscope today

AT today’s Wholesale Market Subcommittee, stakeholders will discuss ERCOT’s RDR proposal known as NPRR 1296. I wrote about NPRR 1296 previously here.

If the last meeting where it was discussed is any indication, it will be a rough day for proponents of the program.