The plan is expected to reduce the impact of storm-related outages by over 1.3 billion minutes for its 2.8 million customers across Greater Houston by 2029.

Environmentalists are concerned because more data centers mean an increased strain on power and water supplies.

The rise of artificial intelligence, the digitization of the economy and everyday life’s growing computing needs have turbocharged the expansion of data centers, driving up a surge in electricity ...

Texas’ main grid operator ... total forecast demand on the state’s main grid. Large users requiring 5,496 MW of power have been approved by ERCOT to connect to the grid, according to a ...

Ever since the Texas blackout in 2021 and the Austin winter outage in 2023, energy anxiety has been a fact of life for many in Central Texas. With freezing weather, ice and snow in the forecast, you ...

Power demand for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s energy grid regulator, hit 70 gigawatts (GW) on Jan. 21, compared to typical winter loads in the mid-50 GW range, Weixel ...

Based on a recent case study, GridBeyond helped a Texas-based cement ... and based on ERCOT North Hub prices in 2023. The cement manufacturing plant was using power to operate throughout the ...

5 a.m.: ERCOT issued a Transmission Emergency in South and Southeast Texas for loss of transmission from freezing precipitation. Transmission is how power gets from generators to the grid and from the ...

Here's what we know: What is ERCOT saying about the power grid? According to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state's electrical grid, high energy demand is expected ...

Extreme cold warnings stretch from North Dakota to West Texas. “It’s a significant ... according to the state grid operator. Ercot’s projections have been volatile and at times have shown ...