In both cases, ERCOT’s live data dashboards showed power to spare in reserve as Texans cranked up heaters to fight off what’s likely to be the last major cold snap of the season.

In a Monday post on X, formerly Twitter, the operator announced it had issued a weather watch between February 19 and 21 "due to forecasted extreme cold weather across the ERCOT region ...

On Wednesday, according to live grid conditions, ERCOT had about 10,000 megawatts of pad in case a generator suddenly went offline. One megawatt can power about 250 homes. Vegas said ERCOT ...

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ERCOT, the electrical grid operator for most of Texas, issued a weather watch for Wednesday through Friday ahead of extreme cold across Dallas-Forth Worth and much of Texas.(Tom Fox / Staff ...

Greg Abbott asked people to take precautions ahead of forecasted frigid weather this week. ERCOT’s weather watch — issued due to the likelihood of increased electricity demand and the ...

CenterPoint won’t earn any revenue from the arrangement. But it will still cost ERCOT approximately $54 million to use those diesel generators in the San Antonio region to prevent broader grid ...

Texas’ main grid operator on Tuesday approved a $54 million plan to replace two aging natural gas-powered plants near San Antonio with the massive mobile generators that CenterPoint Energy came ...