TRE: Solar and Storage Help Reliability; Texas Grid Roundup #68
Texas Reliability Entity says solar + storage helped avoid grid problems; large load workshop next week; 85 GW in the forecast next week; renewables reached 40% of generation so far in 2025
In this issue:
Texas Reliability Entity: solar + storage helped avoid emergencies in 2024; warns “disorganized integration” of data center growth is “largest increased risk” to ERCOT
PUC announces workshop on large load integration (Senate Bill 6) for July 21
ERCOT projects 85 gigawatt peak next week, would threaten all-time record
New battery and solar records in ERCOT set last week
Wind and solar produced 40% of the power in ERCOT in the first half of the year
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