Exciting times on the grid in California and Texas with multiple records in April 2023:

1) Record-level solar generation: 14,761MW in CAISO on Apr 27; 12,749.6MW in ERCOT on Apr 30.
2) Battery discharge reached 3,518MW on Apr 3 in CAISO.
3) For the first time in CAISO, net load (load minus solar/wind) became negative and on multiple days: Apr 16, 23 & 30.
4) In ERCOT, a record share of demand met by instantaneous inverter-based resources (solar, wind, and storage): 69.3% at 11:10am on Apr 29.

These new records will surely be broken again soon! Explore historical data and keep an eye out for future records on our dashboard.
CAISO: https://www.stillatthewind.com/explore?grid=caiso
ERCOT: https://www.stillatthewind.com/explore?grid=ercot
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