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 ...

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 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, 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 ...

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 ...

And now, ERCOT is facing another daunting challenge: How to meet sky-high electricity demand projections from the many power-intensive facilities seeking to move to Texas, so the grid operator ...

Texas' energy demand is expected to exceed ERCOT's previously predicted winter peak on Friday. By Michael Murney , Former Trending Reporter Updated Dec 21, 2022 9:31 a.m.

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 ...