November 2017 BLOG POSTS

With three beasts down, what does it mean for ERCOT’s energy-only market?

Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part series by the author. To read part one, click here. Luminant Energy (a subsidiary of Vistra Energy, which also owns retail giant TXU) will retire three large coal plants—Big Brown, Monticello and Sandow—in early 2018, eliminating more than... Read More >

Was it beauty or the beast that killed three large dirty coal plants in Texas?

Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series by the author. To read part two, click here. Vistra Energy, the new owners of Luminant Energy, Texas’s largest electric generation company, announced recently that they intend to retire three large coal-fired power plants, including... Read More >