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A guide to reading ERCOT's online grid and market conditions dashboard as extreme heat sweeps Texas.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, better known as ERCOT, operates 90 percent of the state’s electric grid, acting both as traffic control for the flow of power across Texas and as the ...
The record-breaking summer heat put a strain on the state's power grid. ERCOT officials are working to avoid another Texas deep freeze amid reliability concerns as we head into the winter.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, operator of the state’s power grid, issued a call for voluntary conservation early Monday morning as demand for electricity soared amid plummeting ...
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state’s main power grid, has a dashboard which allows residents to track current conditions and usage.
There are now multiple efforts to import record amounts of power into ERCOT by connecting the Texas grid to other parts of the country, while still avoiding federal regulation.
The Texas Clean Energy Summit is keying in on ERCOT’s explosive load growth, strained transmission, and regulatory ...
ERCOT, which operates the power grid serving most of Texas, upped its forecast for electricity needed for new large-scale users from 111 gigawatts to 152 gigawatts.
The grid operator sharply increased its prediction for how much power demand will grow in the coming years after the state Legislature passed a law in 2023 changing how ERCOT forecasts demand.
Power outages are a possibility during any severe weather event. But a local power outage is different from a larger power grid problem.
A guide to reading ERCOT's online grid and market conditions dashboard as cold weather approaches.