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Battery electric storage is booming in Texas. The technology is seen as a linchpin in climate change mitigation that can work ...

Texas' renewable energy industry is thriving — but lawmakers are trying to impose strict new regulations on it.

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

HARPER, Texas — A new battery storage project in Gillespie County has some neighbors charged up as they try to stop the ...

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

Elon Musk recently announced plans to give back to the environment surrounding his Texas Gigafactory. We’ve actually known about this “sanctuary” for quite some time, as Musk promised to ...

During a series of heat waves last summer, the extra storage saved consumers from “some pretty bad situations,” according to Woody Rickerson, chief operating officer at the Electric Reliability ...

Despite there being more than 600 Trader Joe's operating in the United States, only 21 call Texas home. That could soon change as an Austin-area city government moves forward with a potential ...

This week, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas published its long-term electricity demand forecast for 2026-2031. The grid operator expects Texans to use 58% more electricity in 2030 than it ...

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 ...

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.( ...