After a year of discussion, the state grid operator has decided the two oldest generating units at CPS Energy ’s Braunig Power Station will be shut down this spring, their capacity replaced by a fleet of portable generators paid for by utility customers across the state.
A vote by the board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas now will let the state grid operator move forward with a $100 million two-year plan it says is necessary to keep Texans’ lights on.
The board had already voted to keep the largest of three aging Braunig units open past retirement as ERCOT tries to work around transmission chokepoints around San Antonio…