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 ...

August 2023 marked a turning point for Texas’s power grid. As demand soared to 85.5 gigawatts—dangerously close to catastrophic failure—millions of Texans braced for rolling blackouts. Nearly two ...

Polar vortex and power failure will forever go together for many Texans. The first wave of cold weather always makes me wonder whether the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’s power grid is ready ...

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HOUSTON – With temperatures soaring to triple digits across Texas this week, many Houstonians are bracing for what they fear the power grid might not be able to hold up. But so far, that hasn’t ...

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An energy startup is aiming to modernize Texas’ energy sector even more, using home batteries that power houses and the grid ― while trying to save money for customers. With severe weather putting ...

This summer’s record-breaking heat around the country has exposed a major vulnerability in the U.S. economy: our outdated electricity grid.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 omicron variant threw life in these United States into further disarray this week, and San Antonio certainly had its share of virus-related turmoil. Among the Current‘s most-read stories of the ...

, (Reuters) -President Donald Trump claims that rapid adoption of solar and wind power has made U.S. electricity unstable and expensive, justifying his bid to end most subsidies for renewable energy.

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