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ERCOT says Texas could face rolling blackouts in August, as Houston officials announce cooling...
Houston Public Media· 1 day agoEnergy demand in Texas could dangerously approach the state’s total electrical supply this summer,...
Texas faces 16% chance of grid emergency in August, ERCOT says
San Antonio Express-News· 2 days agoTexans’ risk of dealing with emergency grid conditions after sundown will top 16% in August,...
80 percent of 2021 blackouts preventable with addition of Texas to national grid: Study
The Hill· 5 days agoIntegrating Texas’ self-contained electrical grid with the broader national grid could prevent mass...
Texas’ Power Grid Could Be Pushed To The Brink Again This Summer, Utility Exec Says
IJR· 2 days agoThe Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state’s power system manager, had to issue several energy rationing alerts last summer as the state ...
80 percent of Texas freeze blackouts could've been averted, study says
Houston Chronicle· 2 days agoThe study also indicated that interconnecting the Texas power grid would have saved between $901...
Connecting Texas power grid to others would cut outages, MIT says
San Antonio Express-News· 5 days agoIf the Texas power grid had been connected to neighboring systems in early 2021, the likelihood of...
Connecting the Texas power grid could've kept power on during 2021 winter storm, MIT researchers say
KVUE-TV Austin· 5 days agoMIT researchers conducted an analysis of how a bill like Congressman Greg Casar's proposed "Connect...
New Gas-Fired Power Plants Proposed in Southeast Texas
POWER Magazine via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoEntergy Texas filed an application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) for approval...
CPS Energy enters competitive battle for Texas Energy Fund’s gas plant loans
San Antonio Express-News· 4 days agoThe city-owned utility submitted two pre-applications for funds to support two peaking power plants...
Axios Austin
Axios· 3 days agoTexas experienced a rising number of extreme- over the last two decades, a recent study shows.Why it matters: The state's is under increasing strain as climate change raises ...