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Report: Texas Demand Response Issues Mirrors FERC 745 Debate

Utility DIVE, November 2015

In Texas, with the country’s only organized market without federal oversight (ERCOT exists totally within the state’s boundaries), one would think that developing a demand response market would be simpler. Not so, according to SPEER’s new demand response report: “Texans are not immune to national debates on economic and legal matters that affect our market design. ERCOT has allowed DR to participate in its wholesale market in a variety of ways.” The report concludes that wholesale market prices in ERCOT could be “reduced substantially by the participation of even a modest increment of additional demand response in this energy market.”

Read the full article here: Report: Texas Demand Response Issues Mirrors FERC 745 Debate

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