The state's grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, credited the system's reliability to a surge of new batteries, improved forecasting for renewable energy generation and new ...

This summer’s record-breaking heat around the country has exposed a major vulnerability in the U.S. economy: our outdated electricity grid. From factory slowdowns to data center outages, the cost of ...

The Lone Star State used twice as much energy as California and three times as much as Florida. Over the past 10 years or so, ...

EIA says Texas consumed twice California’s energy in 2023 as growth drives demand; usage up 21% since 2007, with power needs ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- After a record-breaking summer, the CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas' (ERCOT) reflected on the struggles from this summer, and what needs to be done to ensure ...

The rapid rise of AI data centers is testing the limits of the power grid, driving utilities to boost capital spending, overhaul tariffs, and build new flexibility into their ...

OpenAI and AMD signed a deal for 6 gigawatts of compute. Now, they'll just need to get the electricity power it.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Marcy McDaniel lives less than a mile from an east Harris County power plant, but that proximity didn't spare her from being left in the dark as the state's power grid failed ...

In September 2025, NRG Energy secured a US$562 million low-interest loan from the Texas Energy Fund to support construction of a 721-megawatt gas-fired power plant near Baytown, with the project ...

Like its Gunsmoke namesake, Miss Kitty—a Plains, Texas behind-the-meter microgrid project—is tough, pragmatic, and distinctly ...

The inaugural Data Center World POWER conference concluded this week in San Antonio, TX, marking a resounding success in ...

Second Baptist Church in Houston is locked in a legal battle with its own members over leadership and finances, and the ...