I'm re-posting this because I think it's important and because it compares and contrasts what's going on in New England and New York with what's going on in Texas.
By the way: the electricity demand in New England yesterday was off the charts! I think it was the highest I've seen in the many years I've been tracking ISO-NE. One of my regular readers with regard to ISO-NE can fact-check me on this.
We all have our world views, our myths, and we all have different filters, and look at the world through different lenses.
From my worldview:
- Texas is doing it right; New England is not.
- Texas' problem: growing too fast; sucked into renewable energy
- New England's problem: sucked into renewable energy; no plan B
- my focus:
- New England: very expensive energy when it does not have to be expensive
- Texas: cost is not an issue; maintaining the grid is the issue
- both New England and Texas: this is exactly what the solar and wind developers were counting on
- if one pays attention to pricing structure for renewable energy, everything makes sense
ERCOT
Grid had absolutely no problem today and won't have a problem this summer.
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