One megawatt can power about 250 homes. Vegas said ERCOT, which manages the Texas electric grid, is ready and operating normally. Despite a shorter supply on Thursday, the state should not ...

Senate Bill 6 would require companies to use those generators for a short time when demand is high. The bill currently defines a large load as 75 megawatts. “If we can tap into that backup generation ...

The state's main electricity operator is confident of avoiding a repeat of the blackouts that hit in 2021 following severe ...

AUSTIN — Power grid operator ERCOT’s worst-case projections show Texas coming up short in power supply as soon as 2027 amid growing concerns about the potential impact of power-hungry data ...

The same is true in Waco and Hillsboro, where a planned data center is calling for 828 megawatts of power per year. That ...

In a report outlining potential supply and demand over the next five years, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said it's possible that the grid would not have enough power to meet peak ...

An enduring spell of low wind speeds across Texas has forced the state's power firms to increase generation from fossil fuels ...

A South Central Texas utility company announced a first-in-Texas partnership with Elon Musk's Tesla through the Electric ...