The former chair of the Texas Public Utility Commission testified in court Thursday that during last year's winter storm and blackout Governor Greg Abbott had ordered her to ride out to the power grid ...

The control room at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT manages the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texans. Few Texans have forgotten the electricity outages that ...

The control room at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT manages the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texans. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has launched a new ...

The state grid operator’s control room warned operators Wednesday there could be a shortage in power reserve capacity leading to an evening risk of emergency grid conditions. The message was posted as ...

By Sunday afternoon about 3:15 p.m. (CST), ERCOT’s control room signaled it had run out of options to boost electric generation to match the soaring demand. Operators issued a warning that there was ...

Green energy kept the Texas grid reliably humming along last summer. But that ended on Wednesday, September 6. At 7:25 pm, ERCOT's generation reserves fell below 1,750 MW, and it issued an Energy ...

Once upon a time, on a dark and stormy night, Texans could sleep with confidence that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas would keep the lights and heat on. Not anymore. The Texas energy system ...

An ERCOT control room. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texas customers -- representing about 90 percent of the state’s ...

An ERCOT control room. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to more than 26 million Texas customers -- representing about 90 percent of the state’s ...

Texans have been asked to conserve power amid a heatwave on Monday as the state's power grid operator warned of potential rolling blackouts. The state faces a "potential reserve capacity shortage with ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has issued a public announcement calling on people to conserve as much energy as they possibly can. Texans are currently being hit by a heat wave that ...