In a landmark decision, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) on Thursday approved a plan to build the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region's first extra high voltage ...

ERCOT last year came out with forecast for a 150 gigawatt-peak by 2030 based on the figures reported by transmission ...

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

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.

Electric Reliability Council of Texas President and CEO Pablo Vegas said the adjusted forecast still showed unprecedented growth — an increase of about 75% from current demand — but added a ...

“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 ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - As the Brazos Valley continues to grow, the energy demand continues to rise here and across the state. ERCOT has met with representatives in Austin to discuss these issues ...

The Texas Legislature has been debating several bills aimed at boosting dispatchable power in ERCOT while erecting new economic and permitting barriers for renewables. Texas lawmakers have ...

Phil King, R-Weatherford. The bill claims to improve transparency and load forecast reliability at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the Texas grid. It also creates ...

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.( ...