An Expensive and Unnecessary Capacity Market

Tomorrow the PUC will discuss a new ERCOT proposal, called DRRS Plus, to establish a capacity market. There are far less expensive and more effective solutions available to the PUC and ERCOT.

The Texas energy market is in a massive boom cycle right now. Electric consumption is up 25% in four years. There are 48 gigawatts of gas plants in the interconnection queue, up from just 16 gigawatts in May 2024.

There are over 400 gigawatts of total generation and over 200 gigawatts of large load waiting for interconnection. Planned investment in the g…