ERCOT North Hub skyrockets as demand climbs, wind plummets

摘要

With power demand and natural gas prices climbing as windgeneration plunges, next-day power prices in the Electric ReliabilityCouncil of Texas were poised to break records Wednesday.ERCOT North Hub day-ahead on-peak jumped $639 Wednesdayto trade in the upper $760s/MWh on the Intercontinental Exchangefor Thursday delivery, leaping over the all-time record of $757.36/MWh set August 16.