Wholesale energy prices in Texas nearly hit the price cap of $5,000/MWh tonight

At the same time, battery discharge peaked at over 2000 MW

While that represents only 4% of the total load, it's the highest level ever recorded in ERCOT according to the data we track Grid Status

speaking of, this was kind of fun to look at after the fact

If you can't watch the eclipse yourself, you can follow the impact on solar generation and grid operations on our Eclipse Tracker dashboard

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Live data starting to come in now

Wholesale electricity prices are -$60/MWh right now in Northern California.

How close are we to a world where retail users can take advantage of negative prices by getting paid to use electricity? Are we even headed in that direction?

Graph from Grid Status

Real-time prices are elevated across the board in ERCOT this evening.

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new week, new month, new job 😁

joining Max Kanter as head of product at Grid Status

We've got a ton planned, but feedback is always helpful! So feel free to reach out about any gripes, questions, or dreams in the energy data space - I'm always happy to chat

.ERCOT reached 40% of load from SOLAR earlier this month (yes, February in Texas). Still early days for solar. Imagine what this will look like in 3-5 years. Crazy!