ERCOT says Texas needs $30 billion-plus in transmission investments, largely to support more data centers, oil and gas ...

Texas must build transmission largely to support oil and gas electrification and to host more power-intensive cryptocurrency mines and data centers, ERCOT says.

ERCOT's Capacity, Demand and Reserves Report forecasting the next five years is set to be released this month.

As energy demand surges, largely due to crypto mining facilities, data centers and industrial electrification, Texas officials ... means the grid will need more transmission lines, ERCOT CEO ...

But with many citizens worried about the ability of ERCOT ... in East Texas, about 160 miles southeast of Dallas. Because it is connected into an array of gas transmission lines and local ...

Utility regulators are concerned about the potential for costs to spiral and supply chain constraints to slow development.

David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy ... and not due to any efforts by ERCOT to preserve grid stability. Those outages were the result of power lines being downed by the snow and ice ...

RELATED: ERCOT admits Texas grid faces risk of ‘cascading outages’ in wait for new CPS transmission line As of Oct. 31, ERCOT said it was reviewing transmission investments worth about $3.4 ...

Data Centers Are Booming in Texas ... to the ERCOT grid to register their power usage with regulators. The projected growth in usage also means the grid will need more transmission lines, ERCOT ...