Texas Grid Shows How Batteries Can Help Avoid Winter Blackouts February 4, 2026 By Emily Forgash and Naureen S. Malik Last month’s sprawling winter storm from Texas to New England was one of the first multi-grid tests in the US...
Texas Data Centers, Crypto Miners Reduced Power During Storm January 30, 2026 By Mitchell Ferman and Naureen S. Malik Electric Reliability Council of Texas Chairman Bill Flores said Thursday that some data centers and cryptocurrency miners voluntarily curtailed power...
Texas Power Grid Faces Major Test From Season’s Biggest Storm January 22, 2026 A powerful winter storm descending on Texas on Friday will be one of the toughest tests of the state’s electric...
Texas Bill Would Put Restraints on Businesses Wanting to Tap Into Energy Grid May 7, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune exas will need a lot more energy in the future. Driven largely by demand from businesses such as data centers...
Extreme Cold From NY to Texas Threatens to Topple Records January 16, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan A blast of extreme cold is poised to descend on the central US this weekend before spreading to New York...
Winter Storm Heading for Texas Grounds Flights and Menaces Grid January 8, 2025 Flight cancellations are already piling up as a winter storm bears down on Texas and the US South, bringing snow...
Why Texas Mass Power Outages Continue to Happen July 19, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune and Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune It’s become a familiar cycle: A powerful storm sweeps through a swath of Texas and takes the electric system down...
Texas Got Early Warnings About Costly Grid Policy, Records Show February 7, 2024 By Rachel Adams-Heard and Naureen S. Malik Texas grid officials received repeated warnings last summer that their efforts to shore up the state’s increasingly strained electric grid...
Extreme Heat in Texas Raises Concerns of Power Grid Overload June 28, 2023 By Paul J. Weber AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – On another 100-degree day in Texas, Sean Whitaker lingered outside a Dallas cafe after polishing off...
Texas Power Grid Operator Can’t be Sued Over 2021 Winter Storm, High Court Rules June 26, 2023 By Emily Foxhall The Supreme Court of Texas narrowly decided Friday that sovereign immunity, which largely shields government agencies from civil lawsuits, also...