2007 Cooling Wind Power 
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 2, 2024
Total generation in spring and fall is consistently lower because of lower electricity demand for heating and cooling in the shoulder seasons. It didn’t pass the 1 percent mark on a monthly basis until 2007.
Environmental Progress
APRIL 20, 2021
ERCOT also expected, during peak demand events in winter, to have power from wind represent about 27% of installed wind capacity. In its most severe appraisal of the loss of wind capacity, ERCOT expected 8% of wind power compared to capacity.
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
The IRA and current state policies recognize this fact by including incentives for consumers and businesses to purchase electric vehicles and replace inefficient gas, oil, and propane boilers, furnaces, and water heaters with highly efficient electric heat pumps, which also provide cooling in the summer.
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