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Read full article: Transfer of 15 emergency generation units will lead to lower rates for Houston CenterPoint customers The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has given the approval for ...

The Texas grid boss this week unveiled what he called a “sanity check” demand forecast to assuage lawmakers’ fears that Texas ...

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

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 Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates more than 90 percent of the state's electricity network, ...

“We’re at a pivotal point to decide,” Kristi Hobbs, a system planner with state grid operator the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, told regulators earlier this year. “Do we want to ...

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 ...

In an emergency meeting Wednesday night, the Electrical Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) board of directors voted in favor of a "60-day termination notice," according to the Texas Tribune.

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.