ERCOT Issues Weather Watch, Texas Power Grid At Risk Amid Rising Temps

ERCOT has issued a Weather Watch for this Wednesday, warning that the Texas power grid may have lower reserves of electricity supply amid forecasted...

Data Center Boom Threatens Texas Power Grid

It’s not even summer yet, and the Texas power grid is already straining under demands because of high temperatures. One consistent worry is that...

Texas Energy Fund Boosts Natural Gas Power With Reimbursement Program

Texas energy regulators have finalized rules for a new $10 billion program to incentivize the construction of natural gas power plants. The Dallas Morning News...

Texas Grid Will Face Unprecedented Demand By 2030, Is ERCOT Ready?

The Texas power grid will face unprecedented demand for electricity by 2030, thanks to a growing number of industrial energy users in the state....

Amtrak States Texas Has The Perfect Conditions For A Bullet Train

Andy Byford, Amtrak's Senior VP of High-Speed Rail Development, emphasized that Texas has the perfect conditions for the Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail project. With increasing...

Russian Hackers Strike Texas! Cyberattack On Water Facility Sparks FBI Investigation 

Has the Russian government been messing around with Texas?According to experts from US cybersecurity firm Mandiant, they most likely have. On Wednesday they announced...

Biden Seeks to Revive Texas Bullet Train Project

Texas’s long-stalled bullet train project may be getting a shot in the arm from President Joe Biden. Biden will be meeting with Japanese Prime Minister...

ERCOT Acknowledges Grid At Risk Of “Cascading Outages”

ERCOT, the state grid operator, has admitted that the Texas grid has transmission problems that "could lead to cascading outages.” This week, the Electric Reliability...

Climate Change Takes Center Stage at Houston’s Annual CERAWeek Conference

As the bustling streets of downtown Houston swell with the influx of attendees flocking to the annual CERAWeek conference, anticipation brewed for fresh faces...

AI, Crypto Straining the Texas Power Grid

Amid all the other concerns about the nature of increased artificial intelligence is a new and ominous one for Texas: power drainage. A blockbuster report...
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