The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is addressing significant electricity demand growth anticipated through 2030, with projections now 40,000 MW higher than last year's estimates. Texas Governor Greg Abbott emphasized the state's commitment to strengthening the grid to ensure reliable and affordable power for its growing population. ERCOT's new load growth planning strategy includes a substantial increase in generation interconnection requests, with 155,000 MW from solar, 141,000 MW from batteries, 35,000 MW from wind, and 15,000 MW from natural gas. However, the pace of this growth may be constrained by transmission limitations.
Texas power grid operator looks to keep up with increasing demand https://t.co/Sc5OwRzMmk
As the state booms economically and in population, @ERCOT_ISO's latest electricity load forecast through 2030 is now 40,000 MW higher than the estimate produced last year. https://t.co/ZIcLK5OShL
ERCOT CEO: Texas power grid can meet unprecedented electricity demand growth https://t.co/eq4t4c1tMS
ERCOT enters 'new era' as it stares down unprecedented demand growth by 2030 https://t.co/JbNTikSMCM
ERCOT announced a new load growth planning strategy at this morning's board meeting. In the presentation is a chart detailing how much generation interconnection requests are in the queue thru 2030: Solar-155k MW Battery-141k MW Wind-35k MW Natgas-15k MW https://t.co/qdKGp0goGW
ERCOT had significant demand growth in the last decade and future growth could be as much as 50 GW more thru 2030. Can it be supplied? Yes. Below is ERCOT interconnection queues totaling 346 GW. Transmission, however, may limit pace of demand growth. https://t.co/tg7KriJ2Mj https://t.co/X5myec9yE1
There’s no doubt about it: Texas powers the future. We will continue to strengthen our state grid to deliver affordable, reliable power across Texas. Texans will meet the demand of our growing state and ensure Texans have all the power they need for generations to come. https://t.co/0Su7CFqpQF