Latest News for: ercot

Edit

Southeast Texas Grid Gets $200 Million Boost to Power Reliability

Texas Border Business 16 Jun 2026
“Texans ....
Edit

Abbott Orders PUC and ERCOT to Protect Consumers from Data Center Power Costs

Texas Border Business 10 Jun 2026
Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Public ...
Edit

Abbott orders regulators to protect Texans from data center costs

Fort Worth Star-Telegram 10 Jun 2026
Communities across the state are grappling with the state’s data center boom. Here’s what Gov. Greg Abbott wants done ... .
Edit

Heat and data centers may lead to record summer power demand in Texas

Culture Map 10 Jun 2026
The ERCOT grid may set a new record for peak demand in summer 2026 ... “Given the potential for extreme heat combined with significant load growth, ERCOT may surpass its current all-time summer peak,” the organization says in its .
Edit

ERCOT sees possible record power use in Texas summer warning

Chron 09 Jun 2026
The grid operator is preparing for a "hot summer with temps comparable to Summer 2023." ....
Edit

Five Winters After Uri: Why Winter Readiness Must Go Beyond Weatherization

Power Magazine 09 Jun 2026
From EOP-012-3 to Order 587-AB, from Cold Weather Critical Component ...
Edit

From Tail Risk to Design Baseline: How the Grid Is Adapting to Extreme Heat

Power Magazine 09 Jun 2026
Will it be enough? For decades, the U.S.
Edit

esVolta closes US$450 million expanded credit facility to expand US BESS portfolio

Energy Storage News 09 Jun 2026
California-headquartered developer esVolta has closed an expanded corporate credit facility providing up to US$450 million of capital�to expand new utility-scale energy storage projects in the US ....
Edit

August date looms over Wichita Falls area data center projects

Times Record News 09 Jun 2026
ERCOT is considering the first batch, dubbed “Batch Zero.” ... ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas said an earlier estimate that up to 228 GW of that power could come online by 2032 was “too high of a figure based on realistic expectations.” ... ERCOT has set Aug.
Edit

AI’s power race is shifting leverage from chipmakers like NVIDIA to the grid

Cryptoslate 07 Jun 2026
Under Senate Bill 6, ERCOT is now using a “pay your own way” model that loads interconnection costs onto large customers and forces them to stand down during emergencies, with a ...
Edit

$411M Texas Energy Fund Loan North Texas Natural Gas Power Plant Announced

Texas Border Business 04 Jun 2026
... the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power region in 2028.
Edit

Texas Adds Another Huge Solar Farm As ERCOT Grid Demand Soars

Slashdot 02 Jun 2026
Texas is adding another large solar project as ERCOT electricity demand rises ... From the report ... ERCOT faces growing demand from population growth, industrial expansion, and power-hungry data centers ... Read more of this story at Slashdot. .
Edit

Texas data centers could face new restrictions during power outages

Chron 02 Jun 2026
Are data centers a threat to the reliability of Texas' power grid?� ....
Edit

ERCOT incentivises grid-forming BESS with US$25 million programme

Energy Storage News 29 May 2026
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has initiated a programme to encourage battery energy storage systems (BESS) and other inverter-based resources to adopt grid-forming technology ....
Edit

Spearmint Energy Secures $450 Million in Financing for Texas BESS Project

Power Magazine 27 May 2026
....

Article Search

tools
×
×
×
×