Vegas added that ERCOT officials believe there is “a significant amount of demand response” that could be used to keep the grid reliable. “I think that there's an opportunity for us to work ...

As hurricane season officially begins and summer heat intensifies across Texas, all eyes are on the state’s power grid.

ERCOT’s latest call — for industrial power users to cut back under a new demand response program — will pay for those that agree to get off the grid when supply is short. It’s an effort ...

That designation allows ERCOT to take a number of steps short of initiating rolling blackouts, such as ordering large industrial users that are paid to be part of its emergency response programs ...

As part of the emergency alert, ERCOT began releasing additional reserves online, working with out-of-state operators to get more energy online and using a "demand response" program — which is ...

He said a silver lining from the failed program was the conversations it generated among electricity market participants about how ERCOT can shore up power reserves through “demand response ...

ERCOT’s latest predictions say demand will ... It’s also continuing studies on demand response, which lets customers take load off the grid during peak periods. Vegas said workshops this ...

ERCOT’s RFP was supposed to entice shuttered power plants to restart, but instead the grid operator received demand response offers for just 11 MW. Experts say demand reductions and energy ...

The disastrous response of the state's electric grid operator ... against allowing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) obtaining an immunity defense. The plaintiffs also oppose ...

"While the city is not taking new steps in response to today's ERCOT notice, our Facilities Maintenance staff has already been adjusting the thermostats and runtime hours accordingly for HVAC ...

To replace the Braunig units, ERCOT is seeking demand-response programs — which are pools of power that can go off the grid when asked — or power generators to cover up to 11 hours a day in ...

For now, if you’d like to be rewarded for doing your part to keep the grid up, consider incorporating and signing up with a partner company to participate in ERCOT’s demand response program.