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Listen up, Texas landowners: What you should know about ERCOT’s huge grid build-out
ERCOT is beefing up the Texas energy infrastructure. That means more towers across private land and more concerns for rural ...
Texas grid risk: Costly repairs could foil ERCOT's summer generation plans.
Grid operator the Electric Reliability Council of Texas last year ordered CPS Energy to keep the plant at its Braunig Power ...
Houston Chronicle4d
These charts reveal the daunting challenge facing the ERCOT power grid in the next five years
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 ...
Data centers drive ERCOT's massive power demand forecast
Texas power grid operator ERCOT is projecting an explosion in energy demand over the next five years, with peak electricity ...
ERCOT calls new demand forecast a 'sanity check' amid Texas data center boom
ERCOT last year came out with forecast for a 150 gigawatt-peak by 2030 based on the figures reported by transmission ...
Rio Grande Guardian4h
Diorio: South Texas region can capture a good slice of the data center market
AUSTIN, Texas – Dan Diorio, senior state policy director at the Data Center Coalition, has discussed the economic development ...
Fort Worth City Council approves tax incentives for $2.1B data center
City Council signed off Tuesday on a deal to offset some tax costs for developer ACS Group, which plans to build a massive ...
Amarillo Globe-News3d
Vesper Energy cuts ribbon at new Swisher County solar farm
The new flagship 600-magawatt solar project is located on 3,900 acres in Swisher County and can power more than 150,000 homes ...
Houston Public Media10d
CenterPoint agrees to absorb costs of mobile generators and cut rates for Houston-area customers
The utility leased the 15 large, mobile generators at a cost of more than $800 million after the widespread power failures ...