ERCOT Hits Record Wind Penetration
April 11, 2016
ERCOT reached a wind generation system high by getting 48.28 percent of its 27,245 MW load, or 13,154 MW, from the resource at 1:10 a.m. on March 23. This surpassed the Feb. 18 wind penetration record of 45.14 percent. The Texas grid operator has 15,764 MW of installed wind capacity, and its peak use of wind capacity is still 14,023 MW, which was set on Feb. 18. Wind energy accounted for 18.4 percent of ERCOT’s 2015 generation.