ERCOT expects record summer power demand

摘要

Grid operator the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) expects record power demand this summer, potentially resulting in the need to declare energy emergency alerts. ERCOT, in its final summer Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy released yesterday, lowered its peak load forecast to 75,200MW, which is 1,496MW below its previous projection released in December. The updated forecast is still higher than ERCOT’s all-time peak demand record of 74,820MW set on 12 August 2019.