Texas lawmakers have advanced a bill to prohibit offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Mexico from connecting to the state's ...

Texas faces an estimated 12% chance of controlled outages in August on nights when wind power production is low, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the power ...

The legislation, which now returns to the Senate for review, encourages large-scale users to develop backup power sources.

Wind farms are on track to produce an average of just 4% of power generation this week, down from 7% last week and 12% so far in 2024, per the EIA. So how are electricity prices fairing in ERCOT ...

Then batteries, as well as gas and coal power plants, filled in the gaps when the sun set and the wind stopped howling. This is the energy diversity that ERCOT strives for. So why is the ...

“ERCOT, at that moment in time ... he said he didn’t believe his bill would slow development of solar and wind power. Instead, he saw it as a necessary measure to ensure reliability.

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Electricity supply across the United States could become unstable over the summer months if weak generation from solar and wind ...

The legislature is advancing three bills that will trample on private property rights and give natural gas a leg up in the Lone Star State.

The state also added 724 megawatts of natural gas and 616 megawatts of wind power. ERCOT estimates 1 megawatt can power 250 homes on average during peak winter demand. However, Doug Lewin ...