Texas Grid Survives Heat, But Could Use More Energy Efficiency And Demand Response

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Summary:

Coastal Texas Faces Heavy Damage After Hurricane Ike

This month Texans have been at the mercy of some extreme, shoe-melting heat. Yet, despite the heat wave and resulting high demand in electricity, the state’s main grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), has barely broken a sweat. Demand even passed the previous record-high mark twice in one afternoon, but ERCOT has

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BreakingEnergy/~3/xkcbDLW64LA/

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Berkeley Law Library -- Reference & Research Services » Breaking Energy

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Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog

Date tagged:

08/28/2015, 12:31

Date published:

08/28/2015, 10:00