All Texans connected to the state grid will now pay for the generators rather than just CenterPoint customers.
The ERCOT Board of Directors convene for a meeting at the organization's headquarters in Austin on Dec. 3, 2024.Texas’ main grid operator on Tuesday approved a $54 million plan to replace two aging natural gas-powered plants near San Antonio with the massive mobile generators that CenterPoint Energy came under fire for not deploying in the wake of Hurricane Beryl in July., 15 mobile generators currently leased by CenterPoint will be moved from Houston to San Antonio this summer.
In December, ERCOT agreed to reimburse the utility $50 million to keep one of the three units, Braunig 3, running. CPS Energy, San Antonio’s utility, is working on expanding transmission infrastructure to address the bottleneck, but that project will take years to complete. State regulators and lawmakers are also focused on how to build out transmission to address increasing demand for power across the state.
Flores said that the plan would increase Texans’ average monthly electricity bills by 0.4% — a fraction compared to the costs of a widespread outage due to a transmission overload. ERCOT noted that the actual costs of the plan could end up being higher than estimated. The Public Utility Commission had allowed CenterPoint to increase its customers’ electricity bills to help pay the $800 million needed to lease and profit from the massive generators.
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