ERCOT and state leaders have made many changes to prevent a repeat of those widespread, deadly blackouts, including a program that requires companies to winter-proof their power plants.

But the vendor contract the CPS board approved Monday isn’t simple. ERCOT’s desire to accelerate the work meant CPS had to find a company willing to do the work while the lines remain ...

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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, estimates the demand on the state grid will grow to about 150,000 megawatts by 2030. A recent report from ERCOT indicated that Texas' peak ...

ERCOT has experienced more attention to and development of Private Use Networks (“PUN”) in the last months and years. This post summarizes what these “islands in the grid” are, their ...