ERCOT holiday weekend loads to be up from previous years, but prices remain weak

摘要

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas market’s power demand wasforecast to be generally higher over the four-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend than the previous five Thanksgiving weekends, butsignificantly stronger wind output likely will have diminished wholesalepower price strength, an S&P Global Platts analysis shows.ERCOT on Wednesday forecast Thanksgiving Day’s loads to peakaround 39.5 GW, almost 8% higher than the average of the previousfive Thanksgivings.