The transmission project is needed amid an expected boom in electricity demand from AI data centers and the oil and gas industry, ERCOT said.

In a recent report from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages about 90 percent of the state's grid, it was warned that rising demand from new AI and crypto data centers, as well as ...

The Texas grid operator found that under most weather conditions, there is a less than 2% chance of a grid emergency through February. However, Texas could be in trouble in the unlikely event that a ...

It overwhelmed power plants, fuel supplies and equipment, forcing grid managers to cut electricity to prevent a grid collapse ...

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The proposed location for the Ochoa Energy battery plant off Highway 90 and Cane Island Parkway in Katy. (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved ...

With more data centers applying to come to Texas than ever before ERCOT discusses the impact it’s having. Trump admin sending Taliban $45M sparks Republican backlash After winning his first Oscar, Tom ...

Battery storage facilities and solar farms powered virtually all capacity growth in Texas’ electric grid throughout 2025, as the home of the nation’s oil and gas industry created almost twice as much ...

Texas is rapidly emerging as an epicenter of artificial intelligence-driven energy demand, with an unprecedented surge in large-load power requests, a wave now dominated by AI data centers rather than ...

Texas added nearly 10 gigawatts of solar and battery storage over the last eight months, according to new data presented Tuesday to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) Board of ...

Another winter event similar to Storm Uri is unlikely. But as data centers leach the power supply, Texas will need a Plan B, ...