The Electric Reliability Council of Texas anticipates that implementation of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule for reducing greenhouse gas emissions will result in the retirement of up half of ERCOT’s coal generation capacity, raise retail energy bills up to 20% and lead to a greater likelihood of rotating outages. ERCOT Monday released its analysis of the impact of the Clean Power Plan, saying it “is evident that implementation … will have a significant impact on the planning and operation of the ERCOT grid.” “ERCOT’s primary concern with the Clean Power Plan is that, given the ERCOT region’s market design and existing transmission infrastructure, the timing and scale of the expected changes needed to reach the CO2 emission goals could have a harmful impact on reliability,” according to the report. ” … it is unknown, based on the information currently available, whether compliance […]