Tag: NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation)
US summer assessment highlights seasonal electricity reliability issues
Contracts between utilities, customers may allow power operators to temporarily turn off air-conditioning equipment or industrial processes The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) recent 2017 Summer Reliability Assessment finds that there are enough resources to meet this summer’s projected peak electricity demand in all areas of the country, according to the US Energy Information […]
US wind generating capacity surpasses hydro capacity at end of 2016
ERCOT’s recent record of 16,022 MW occurred on morning of Dec. 25, accounted for more than 47% of generation mix Installed wind electric generating capacity in the United States surpassed conventional hydroelectric generating capacity, long the nation’s largest source of renewable electricity, after 8,727 megawatts (MW) of new wind capacity came online in 2016, according […]
US power grid made up of delicate interconnections, balances
If demand and supply fall out of balance, local or even wide-area blackouts can result Electricity generated at power plants moves through a complex network of electricity substations, power lines, and distribution transformers before it reaches customers according to the US Energy Information Administration. In the US, the power system consists of 7,300 power plants, […]
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