GridmaticBlog
Insights and updates from the Gridmatic team
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Feb 20, 2026
Rice Lummis
Controllable Load Resources in ERCOT - Why CLRs Are Back in Focus
Controllable Load Resources (CLRs) are back in focus as a new NPRR lowers participation barriers, just as the definition of “flexible load” begins to shift.
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Dec 20, 2025
Gridmatic Team
Hello World: Our First Blog Post
Welcome to the Gridmatic blog! Here's where we'll share insights about AI-powered energy optimization, grid technology, and the future of sustainable energy.
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Dec 4, 2025
Marc Alvarez
Beyond the Benchmark: Understanding How BESS Assets Can Outperform 100% of TBx
Endurance Park leads ERCOT performance with 115% Real-Time TBx capture rate. Learn how well-optimized battery storage assets can exceed the theoretical 100% benchmark.
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Apr 9, 2025
Austin Park
From Backup to Backbone
The role of storage on prices as illustrated by the Moss Landing outage. CAISO's rapid storage rise kept ancillary service (AS) market prices pegged near zero for several years, outside of heat waves.
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Mar 27, 2025
Marc Alvarez
Impact of Location and Optimization on Maximizing BESS Revenue
This blog post dives into battery energy storage system (BESS) revenue and the key factors that influence it: location and optimization.
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Nov 21, 2024
David Miller, Mia Nakajima
Differences in battery participation in the CAISO and ERCOT markets
This blog post explores the differences in battery participation between these two markets, focusing on how varying market rules and the distinct role of the Day Ahead Energy product shape revenue opportunities for storage assets.
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Oct 13, 2023
Jeff Thibodeau
ERCOT Load Growth Analysis
The relationship of load to temperature is well-understood, but load in Texas continues to climb even during more regular or previously-observed temperature levels. Increasing commercial and industrial activity and population growth are the main contributing factors.
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Oct 13, 2023
Austin Park
Impact of SOC Reserve Rule on Reliability During Extreme Events
In December 2022, ERCOT made a pivotal shift in State of Charge (SOC) expectations for energy storage systems, particularly impacting short-duration Energy Storage Resources (ESRs).
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May 18, 2023
Gridmatic Releases 2022 Annual Energy Storage Report
AI forecasting can boost revenue by 46% for Texas battery owners, data shows
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Mar 1, 2023
Mia Nakajima
Impact of new ERCOT state of charge guidelines on battery operations and net revenue
In December 2022, ERCOT updated the Business Practice Manual (BPM) section to define state of charge (SOC) expectations for Energy Storage Resources (ESRs) providing ancillary services.
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Dec 6, 2022
Steven Diamond, Austin Park
The Inflation Reduction Act and Standalone Battery Tax Credits
In the interest of gaining insights on the effects of the storage + solar rule changes in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), Gridmatic evaluated revenue for existing co-located battery + solar systems in ERCOT in 2021.
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Aug 23, 2022
Keeping the lights on in ERCOT
If you live in Austin, Texas, you may have heard that this May 2022 was the hottest on record. So was June. And July. If you live anywhere in the United States, there's a fair chance you're one of the...
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Aug 18, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the most substantial climate-related legislation of our generation, with many far-reaching implications. Below are some changes and corresponding implications
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Feb 19, 2021
The ERCOT Week that Was
It used to be that climate change was a more abstract concept with second or third order effects. This week we saw that it can have first order impacts.
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Dec 14, 2020
Texas Hums in the Heat, While California Faces Blackouts
Much has been written about California's forced blackouts in the Summer of 2020, but many may not realize that the Texas grid faced a near-crisis at the same moment. In this article, we compare a few ...
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Nov 20, 2020
The Icing That Isn't So Sweet
October 26th was a record-breaking day for wind generation in many of the US ISOs — not for magnitude of production or output, but for magnitude of forecast miss!
