The Texas grid operator found that under most weather conditions, there is a less than 2% chance of a grid emergency through February. However, Texas could be in trouble in the unlikely event that a ...

A blackout is unlikely in Texas this winter, but it always remains a possibility with the stressed ERCOT grid.

August 2023 marked a turning point for Texas’s power grid. As demand soared to 85.5 gigawatts—dangerously close to catastrophic failure—millions of Texans braced for rolling blackouts. Nearly two ...

HOUSTON – With temperatures soaring to triple digits across Texas this week, many Houstonians are bracing for what they fear the power grid might not be able to hold up. But so far, that hasn’t ...

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Even with less available electric power capacity during cold weather in Texas, battery storage systems are reducing the risk ...

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In her new book Disabled Power, University of Texas at El Paso professor Angela Frederick details the challenges that ...

This summer’s record-breaking heat around the country has exposed a major vulnerability in the U.S. economy: our outdated electricity grid. From factory slowdowns to data center outages, the cost of ...

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