Texas is preparing for an unprecedented surge in electricity demand, with projections showing the need for nearly double the state grid’s power capacity within the next six years.

Texas Governor Abbott announces a loan for a new 456 MW natural gas power plant in Houston to strengthen the state's power ...

Smart thermostats already installed in Texas could offer the grid up to 2.6 gigawatts, according to Bandera Electric CEO Bill Hetherington.

The Texas Energy Fund and other dumb proposals for governing the state’s electric grid are coming from the state Senate, which is controlled by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

After reaching the end of their automotive lives, the batteries are being reused to provide lower-cost grid energy storage.

Texas will need almost double the electricity it consumes today to meet a demand driven mainly by data centers and the oil and gas industry, a demand that ERCOT President Pablo Vegas said the grid ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared Monday there is "every reason to be 100% confident" the state's power grid will withstand this week's bitter temperatures. Arctic air arrived ...

Under the bill, businesses wanting to plug into the grid must disclose whether they have similar requests elsewhere in Texas or out of state. Companies must tell ERCOT if their backup generators ...

The Texas grid managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT, is an “electricity only” grid, meaning generators only earn revenue when they are actively feeding electricity to ...

Fermi America and Hyundai E&C are partnering to build a first-of-its-kind nuclear-powered private grid for next-generation AI ...

Texas' power grid appears to have held up through this week's cold snap. Power outages were local, caused by things like ice on power lines. Fewer power plants were offline than there had been ...