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 ...

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 ...

Republican-led legislation that barreled through the state Senate has the solar and wind industries tied in knots — and the Texas grid boss can see why.  During a discussion with reporters this week, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Snow is tapering off across Virginia and North Carolina after a winter storm killed ... As Texas Sees Extreme Cold The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is issuing a weather watch ...

Winter Storm Uri devastated ERCOT four years ago when power generators froze in sub-zero conditions and the supply of natural gas that powers most generating stations slowed or even stopped.

You can get in touch with James by emailing j.bickerton@newsweek.com In February 2021, the Texas power grid failed during a bitter winter storm ... weather across the ERCOT region, higher ...