High Demand Expected for Another Hotter Than Normal Summer: Grid Roundup #65

An ERCOT Board Meeting preview edition of the Grid Roundup: climate change is impacting the grid; generator queue remains strong; large load queue grows; ADERs to enter Phase 3

In this edition of the Grid Roundup:

• ERCOT meteorologist tells ERCOT Board climate change is real without actually saying those words: three of the hottest six summers on record were 2022, 2023, and 2024; 2025 is expected to be similarly hot;

• Generation interconnection requests remain over 400 gigawatts, 80% of that is solar & storage;

• The large load queue continues to climb, now 150% higher than six months ago; and

• ERCOT Staff recommends official Board approval of Phase 3 of the Aggregated Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) Pilot

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