ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, pictured in Dublin, Ohio, takes the reins of Texas' power grid operator on Monday, Oct. 3. He worked for the utility NiSource in Ohio as vice president and chief operating ...

The effort includes portable generators being set up at substations around San Antonio to bridge an overtaxed string of ...

Good news, Texas power grid holding up 02:41. DALLAS - ERCOT has issued another conservation appeal for Tuesday between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. in hopes of preventing widespread power outages. So far ...

Solar energy now makes up almost 20% of the grid’s capacity and 40% of new gigawatts in line for interconnection, with power ...

DALLAS — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a Weather Watch for Jan. 6 through Jan. 10, as a winter storm brought frigid temperatures and snow to Texas.

Wednesday’s projection is shy of the current all-time power demand record of 85,435 megawatts set in August 2023. As of Monday afternoon, however, ERCOT had not issued an emergency weather alert ...

ERCOT issues weather watch ahead of triple digit heat 02:03. NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas) - North Texas is under an ERCOT weather watch starting June 15. It's the first time the power grid operator ...

Much of Texas was covered by heat advisories on Thursday, with high temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Austin, Amarillo, Dallas and El Paso. A jogger passes powerlines at sunset, San ...

The state’s grid operator cites the boost in battery storage in forecasting lower chances of power problems compared with ...

Fort Worth. ERCOT is issuing a weather watch for Wednesday, ahead of warm and humid temperatures in Texas.. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages most of the state’s energy ...