The Biden administration has announced its intent to auction the right to construct a large-scale offshore electricity-generating wind farm off the Texas coast next month, but both Republican officials and environmental activists are pushing back on the […]
July 26, 2023 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor Note: Values shown are the maximum hourly reported demand for the day, which may differ from an instantaneous peak in demand. An […]
NewsMigration The United States Justice Department has told Texas that its floating barrier of wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande River violates federal law and raises humanitarian concerns for migrants and asylum seekers crossing […]
Last month, parts of Texas were hotter than 99% of the Earth and electricity demand reached new heights. But the lights stayed on, even though nearly 10 gigawatts (GW) of power were offline due to failures at coal and nuclear […]
Over the last five years, wind and solar farms have grown exponentially across Texas, transforming the state’s power grid and generating more electricity than ever this year amid the searing summer. The story has […]
This story was originally published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. DONIE, Texas — […]
Last month, parts of Texas were hotter than 99% of the Earth and electricity demand reached new heights. But the lights stayed on, even though nearly 10 gigawatts (GW) of power were offline due to failures at coal and nuclear […]
Texas needs upgrades to its electricity transmission grid to accommodate a soaring share of renewable energy generation, otherwise the state risks surging shares of curtailments of wind and solar power generation by 2035, the U.S. […]
July 13, 2023 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, UPLAN model simulation of ERCOT power market, and Potomac Economics, State of the Market Report for the ERCOT Electricity Market, May 2023 We project combined wind […]
The Texas Division of Emergency Management will receive $60.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to strengthen the state’s power grid infrastructure in preparation for future extreme weather. The Energy Department announced Thursday that the grant […]
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