The riskiest period is the summer, when wind and solar power from South Texas is trying to make its way north. ERCOT preferred the plan with the LifeCycle generators not only because they’re ...

Transmission capacity has not kept up with an increasing demand for power in North Texas ... wind and solar power from South Texas come pouring in. In December, ERCOT agreed to reimburse the ...

That’s because these gas plants are north of the grid chokepoint and thus reduce the amount of power that needs to be imported from South Texas. For nearly a year, ERCOT has tried to force CPS ...

However, some energy experts said the numbers could be deceiving, pointing to changes in how the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, forecasts the numbers. This month, ERCOT released ...

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 ...

Transmission capacity has not kept up with an increasing demand for power in North Texas ... wind and solar power from South Texas come pouring in. In December, ERCOT agreed to reimburse the ...

ERCOT is already keeping the youngest of the ... transmission lines that can handle the influx of power in and out of South Texas. But the first set of those lines won’t be finished until ...