The Latest Breaking News from ERCOT

Changes to Texas’ power grid have improved ERCOT’s ability to keep power flowing during major winter storms, but in an extreme scenario, the grid could still face rolling blackouts, a seasonal assessment shows.

Despite the FTX crash, ERCOT continues to court the cryptocurrency industry.

AUSTIN, Texas — The agency charged with overhauling Texas’ electricity market has proposed an untested structure in hopes of retaining the free-market system some blame for the blackouts during the 2021 winter storm.

Solar and wind energy saved Texans nearly $1 billion a month this year in electricity costs, according to a recent clean energy study from energy system analysis group IdeaSmiths LLC.

DALLAS — After a summer of higher home energy bills that followed last year’s deadly winter power outages, most Texans favor investments to make the state’s electricity grid more reliable, says a recent report from a polling company.

DALLAS — Texas’ main electric grid operator, ERCOT, expects to have enough power generation this autumn to keep the lights on if conditions are normal. But a large number of power plant failures could mean blackouts.

The governor shared the favorable forecast — which is normal for the fall months — ahead of a competitive race in which the grid’s performance during last year’s fatal winter storm may factor into Texans’ decisions at the polls.

Crypto currency miners are accelerating their push to expand in Texas far beyond what authorities had initially expected, threatening to send the state’s electricity use skyrocketing.

From selecting a new CEO to an obscure committee report, the governor kept tight control over significant post-storm energy changes.

Texas is quickly becoming a major cryptocurrency mining hub after China banned such operations earlier this year. Miners are flocking to the Lone Star State for its supply of cheap, loosely-regulated energy, the Comptroller's office said in its latest fiscal notes newsletter. Texas has quickly become one of the biggest…

AUSTIN — Beto O’Rourke and Mike Collier want to talk about Texas’ power grid.