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These charts reveal the daunting challenge facing the ERCOT power grid in the next five years
The main Texas power grid is poised to experience rapid changes in the next five to six years as a flood of artificial ...
Listen up, Texas landowners: What you should know about ERCOT’s huge grid build-out
ERCOT is beefing up the Texas energy infrastructure. That means more towers across private land and more concerns for rural ...
Odessa American3dOpinion
TEXAS VIEW: As technology improves, could local power generation ease dependence on the grid?
The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.
Houston Chronicle14d
Texas electric grid’s loan fund for natural gas plants is failing, just as executives warned
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. When Texans experience ...
Will Texas’ energy grid keep up with data center forecasts?
Texas’ grid operator ERCOT projected electricity demand could hit 218 gigawatts by 2031, more than double the state’s record.
Texas grid risk: Costly repairs could foil ERCOT's summer generation plans.
Grid operator the Electric Reliability Council of Texas last year ordered CPS Energy to keep the plant at its Braunig Power ...
Austin American-Statesman25d
Attention, Austin! These 5 natural threats can hurt or kill you in 2025
The weeklong event strained the Texas power grid nearly to the point of collapse; its icy grip made roads impassable and knocked out water pipes. As deadly as freezes can become in Austin ...
Dallas Morning News23d
Sylvester Turner battled Texas’ powerful energy lobbyists for consumer rights
When the house of cards that was the state electricity industry collapsed in the 2021 ice ... “And we need to open up our Texas grid because right now we have a closed grid.