Dive Brief: Texas load growth forecasts for 2030 have soared by 40 GW in a single year, necessitating “a new era of planning,” Electric Reliability Council of Texas President and CEO Pablo Vegas said Tuesday […]
Demand is expected to climb with high temperatures forecast Grid operator plans to delay planned generator outages The main Texas grid operator warned of a possible power emergency next week as rising temperatures are anticipated […]
The Texas grid and energy companies set three all-time records for demand and supply to meet energy needs during subfreezing temperatures that began early Monday, expecting to last through Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said. “Texas […]
Texas leads the nation in clean and renewable energy production, and it’s largely due to its geography, federal energy subsidies, deregulated energy market and state-run energy grid. Texas is one the leading US energy producers — and […]
The leader of the Texas energy grid has joined a group of U.S. energy and utilities leaders sounding the alarm about the increased risk of blackouts during the approaching winter months. According to the Houston Chronicle’s James […]
In a landmark decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in July ordered transmission providers to revise their interconnection rules to help ease a massive backlog of requests by generators and energy storage developers for permission […]
The regional electric grid operator in Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), sent a request to stakeholders earlier this year asking for more reserve generating capacity for this upcoming winter when electricity demand is typically […]
Welcome to Grid Brief! Normally, today would be our rundown of power generation in America’s power markets. But the Energy Information Administration is still ironing out its data maintenance. So, rather than looking at generation, […]
ENB Pub Note: Ed Ireland is an industry thought leader, and I highly recommend subscribing to his substack listed at the bottom of the article. The Texas electricity grid is famous because it is not […]
ENB Pub Note: This article is from Ed Iireland’s Substack. This is one that I highly recommend subscribing and supporting. Ed’s informational articles are fantastic. Texas and much of the U.S. had a sweltering summer […]
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