Senate Bill 6, which now heads to the governor’s desk, gives the state’s electricity managers the ability to shut power to ...

The legislation, which now returns to the Senate for review, encourages large-scale users to develop backup power sources.

The Public Utility Commission has been implementing new rules that will make the ERCOT grid more reliable by improving the ...

MORE: Texas to reform energy grid in response to fatal blackouts caused ... A lone driver makes their way through icy road conditions at the LBJ 635 Freeway and North Dallas Tollway interchange ...

Senate Bill 6 would increase regulations on data centers and other large electric consumers, while Senate Bill 7 would help ...

After losing electricity three times last year, my wife and I installed a 22-kilowatt Generac at our Houston home. Was it ...

In Texas, electricity generating companies have no incentive to build enough power plants to keep the state online during periods of high demand – think hot August days or a winter freeze.

A bill proposes creating the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee as a means to secure the state’s electric grid through ...

Texas will need a lot more energy in the future. Driven largely by demand from businesses such as data centers and the oil and gas industry, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s grid ...

Demand for electricity in Texas continues to break records. It comes as the power grid strains under increased demand due to data centers and cryptocurrency mining. It has been hot in Texas this ...

AUSTIN — Texas power grid operator ERCOT’s “worst-case” models show Texas would have a nearly 50% chance of rolling blackouts if hit by winter weather on par with the storm that pummeled ...

Driven largely by demand from businesses such as data centers and the oil and gas industry, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s grid operator, predicts the state’s energy ...