A Forbes Response to ERCOT Comment to the EPA Clean Power Plan

ERCOT released a report that said the EPA’s Clean Power will cost Texans more and harm reliability in the grid. [Texas Tribune] We all want our A/C’s to function properly in August, which makes reliability a our electric grid a big deal.

A Forbes contributor writes that ERCOT got a couple things wrong, including:

• under-estimating solar power
• not including wind and energy storage
• the ability to avoid rolling blackouts with demand response systems
• improving efficiency   [Forbes]