Finding the “Sweet Spot” to Solve Texas’ Resource Adequacy Concerns

Friday, July 27, the PUC, ERCOT, various stakeholders, and the author of the Brattle Report convened at the PUC for a workshop to discuss Resource Adequacy – with a specific focus on finding a reserve margin that hits the “sweet spot” between reliability and supporting investment.

In Sam Newell’s (author of the Brattle report) presentation, he noted that under today’s current market conditions and rules, the reserve margin would have to fall to 8% for prices to be high enough often enough to support investment.

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