no code implementations • 1 Mar 2024 • Matthew J. Skiles, Joshua D. Rhodes, Michael E. Webber
The electrification scenario that retrofitted buildings with air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) would have lowered ERCOT daily peak electricity demand relative to the baseline scenario for every day of the year, except during the week of Winter Storm Uri.
no code implementations • 2 Feb 2023 • Matthew J. Skiles, Joshua D. Rhodes, Michael E. Webber
Future peak winter and summer electricity demand scenarios indicated that while average temperatures on winter peak demand days will remain fairly constant, they will be more erratic than temperatures on summer peak demand days.
no code implementations • 1 Feb 2023 • Hugh Daigle, Joshua D. Rhodes, Aidan Pyrcz, Michael E. Webber
We analyzed data for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to assess shoulder seasons -- that is, the 45 days of lowest total energy use and peak demand in the spring and fall typically used for power plant maintenance -- and whether their occurrence has changed over time.