This month, electricity customers on the ERCOT grid used a whopping 85,435 megawatts - a 7% jump from the highest-demand day last year. That difference represents enough power for 1 million homes ...

Sara DiNatale covers energy, the Texas grid, ERCOT, CPS Energy, and labor for the San Antonio Express-News. She can be reached at (210) 446-3358, [email protected], or @sara_dinatale ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the organization that operates much of the Lone Star State’s electric grid, asked residents for a second day in a row Tuesday to conserve as ...

Texas ERCOT urges Texans to cut power use as grid threatened for first time since 2021 blackout ERCOT, which serves most of the state's 30 million residents, issued a level 2 emergency alert ...

TEXAS, USA — ERCOT has issued another conservation appeal. They’re asking Texans to save energy on Tuesday between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., if it’s safe to do so. According to a release sent out ...

ERCOT has issued a Weather Watch through Aug. 11, forecasting hot weather and high energy demand.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) Texas’ record-breaking temperatures this summer have caused energy ...

Texas’ historic heat wave this summer pummeled the state’s battle-tested energy grid.(TOM FOX / Staff Photographer) ERCOT paid bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms $2.5 million in September ...

ERCOT told power generators Monday they would again need to defer planned outages for maintenance and keep producing power to keep the lights on across the state, extending their warning of ...

ERCOT officials say they expect an overall warm winter in 2025, punctured by an extreme cold event-- and we're heading into it with a slightly higher grid reliability risk compared to last winter.

ERCOT, which among other things acts as a clearinghouse for buyers and sellers on the grid, said this week that it hasn't received payment on invoices totaling nearly $2.5 billion so far that were ...

ERCOT previously said it has conducted on-site inspections this winter at 302 generators — which were responsible for about 85% of the generation capacity knocked offline during the February ...

HOUSTON — Batteries are a growing resource on the grid managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, ERCOT. Without getting technical, the best technology available now can provide up to ...