The Texas Legislature has been debating several bills aimed at boosting dispatchable power in ERCOT while erecting new economic and ...

Grid operator the Electric Reliability Council of Texas last year ordered CPS Energy to keep the plant at its Braunig Power Station open past its planned March retirement because of concerns its ...

Texas utility regulators with PUC could make grid history with first use of 675 kilovolt transmission lines in the ERCOT grid ...

ERCOT is beefing up the Texas energy infrastructure. That means more towers across private land and more concerns for rural ...

When last year’s scorching summer pushed electricity demand to feverish heights, Texas power users were spared from conservation measures with help from a little-known but fast-growing sector of the ...

Texas power grid operator ERCOT is projecting an explosion in energy demand over the next five years, with peak electricity ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the nonprofit corporation that operates the isolated power grid serving 90% of the state’s electricity needs, is infamous for the February 2021 winter ...

The state’s grid operator can meet the moment, Pablo Vegas, president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, told a panel of lawmakers last week. So long as politics don't interfere.

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. Texas's power grid operator, ERCOT, projects peak electricity demand to reach 218 gigawatts by 2031, more than double the 2023 record of 85.5 GW. Data ...

Electric Reliability Council of Texas President and CEO Pablo Vegas said the adjusted forecast still showed unprecedented growth — an increase of about 75% from current demand — but added a ...

Electricity demand across the Texan market is set to rise to up to 218GW by 2031, according to the latest estimate from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's grid operator.

The sun sets behind a Brazos Electric Power Cooperative substation near Rhome, Texas, on June 19, 2023. ERCOT has projected that power demand will increase rapidly in the next five years.( ...