ERCOT spot power surges as demand at record levels

摘要

1.1ERCOT North Hub day-ahead on-peak package traded Aug. 13 near $450/MWh, jumping past the previous Intercontinental Exchange settled price of $165.37/MWh. 1.2ERCOT North Hub real-time on-peak package is also trading at an extremely high price, upwards of $425/MWh. 2.1Peakload demand is forecast to reach 75.2 GW on Aug. 13, ticking up slightly higher than the Aug. 12 level of 75 GW, according to ERCOT data. 2.2Both peakload levels, if reached, would break the previous peakload demand record set on Aug. 12, 2019 at 74.5 GW. 2.3The demand record was expected to be broken on Aug. 12, 2020, but peakload did not reach as high as expected, only hitting 73.9 GW.