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Jenny Marusiak, Synapse Energy Economics

Being positive about negative Texas wind prices

In September, it was reported that wholesale electricity prices in Texas were negative during some evenings, largely a result of high wind production.  Wind makes up a higher percentage of Texas’ energy mix than in New England, but we want to see more wind here.  So what does it mean that there were negative electricity prices?  To get a good answer, we asked our expert friends at the Cambridge-based Synapse Energy Economics