Why doesn’t Texas have a Capacity Market?

This post was excerpted from the 2019 State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America. To get a breakdown of the February 2021 Winter Event in Texas, click here. When the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) established Texas’ deregulated energy market in 1999, it had several very Texan ideals in mind. For starters, the … Continue reading Why doesn’t Texas have a Capacity Market?