ERCOT Greenlights Temporary Shutdown Of Power Plant As TXU Weathers Financial Doldrums
Electricity is so cheap right now that for some generators it doesn’t even pay to make it. At the end of August, Dallas-based Energy Future Holdings, the former TXU, announced it would mothball two units at its Monticello coal-fired plant for six to seven months. ERCOT, the state’s grid manager,…