severe weather
There was no shortage of superlatives as Texas utility executives briefed ERCOT on the impact of Hurricane Harvey and their recovery from it.
MISO officials said a temperature forecast short by just 3 degrees Fahrenheit triggered a maximum generation event Sept. 22.
ERCOT’s Houston Hub saw real-time natural gas prices spike as high as $1,251/MWh on Monday during an early fall heat wave.
MISO said it expects to have plenty of reserve capacity to cover upcoming winter operations, even as it announced a review of an emergency declaration.
MISO’s staff and Independent Market Monitor convened to commend RTO operations personnel for a successful season.
About 97% of customers who lost power during Hurricane Irma have been restored, utilities and regulators reported Monday.
Regulators praised ERCOT's response during discussion of a preliminary report on restoration efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
ERCOT said that system conditions remained stable despite downed transmission lines that cut power to over 300,000 customers following Hurricane Harvey.
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