Ahead of Thomas Gleeson’s unanimous full confirmation Monday as the chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Sen.

CPS Energy. NRG Energy. CenterPoint Energy. Austin Energy. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas — better known as ERCOT. Such names affiliated with the statewide electric grid are well known ...

Yet in ERCOT, there were no controlled power cuts to homes and businesses—a striking contrast with Winter Storms Uri (2021) and Elliott (2022), which caused widespread outages across multiple U.S.

Texas grid has high gas plant outages ahead of spring heat wave due to maintenance and repairs, solar and batteries likely to ...

ERCOT forecasts record May electricity demand in Texas amid a heatwave, but expects sufficient supply for the grid.

Amid an unseasonably intense heatwave, Texas’ power grid operator ERCOT is forecasting a staggering surge in ... The system ...

In Texas, electricity generating companies have no incentive to build enough power plants to keep the state online during ...

Rep. Patterson and Sen. Sparks pointed to a recent study from the right-leaning Texas Public Policy Foundation that says renewables are burdening ratepayers with $2.3 billion in extra costs because ...

BUT WE START WITH SANDRA. ALL RIGHT, WELL, MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND. WE WILL SEE SOME STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE IT WILL BE NEXT WEEK WHEN WE’RE EXPECTING HEAVY RAINS ...

Amid growing electric demand, Texas lawmakers are working on legislation that would increase regulations on large electric consumers, including data centers. Critics said the bill could have ...

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A pair of storm systems could fuel heavy rain and flooding across sections of the nation from the Desert Southwest to the East Coast this week, and some areas are bracing for the possibility of ...