The transmission project is needed amid an expected boom in electricity demand from AI data centers and the oil and gas industry, ERCOT said.

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 ...

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

Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Texas power grid operator, said the influx of data centers to Texas is "something that we've never ...

It overwhelmed power plants, fuel supplies and equipment, forcing grid managers to cut electricity to prevent a grid collapse ...

Texas added nearly 10 gigawatts of solar and battery storage over the last eight months, according to new data presented Tuesday to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) Board of ...

At the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) December board meeting on Tuesday, the board revealed that Texas is expecting a warmer winter than usual. ERCOT’s website states that it is ...

Every other week, Matt Smith, lead energy analyst at Kepler, joins Texas Standard for a look at what’s happening in the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A growing number of facilities that require huge amounts of power to operate — such as crypto mining facilities — continue popping up in Texas. They’re offering the state’s power grid ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A six-hour appeal to Texans to conserve energy on Friday expired. For the fourth time in nine days, residents were being asked by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to ...

Electricity outages in Texas could occur again this summer - just a few months after the devastating winter storm that left millions of Texans without power for days - if the state experiences a ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which runs most of the state’s power grid, forecasted record energy demand this summer. ERCOT officials said on ...