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...
ERCOT CEO And Other Power Officials Warn About Power Outages This Winter
The CEO of ERCOT and other energy officials and executives said Texas and the U.S. power grid is becoming more vulnerable to extreme weather...
Will Texas Suffer From Blackouts This Winter?
ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, has warned of potential widespread power outages in the event of severe winter weather similar to last...
Does a Winter Blackout Loom for Texas as ERCOT’s Plan for Additional Power Fails?
Texans are facing an elevated risk of winter blackouts as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's electric grid operator, abandons plans...
More Shake-Ups In Texas Energy Regulators As Prices Swing
The already volatile world of Texas energy management got another shake-up this week as two top regulators announced their resignation.
The most troubling departure is...
Artificial Power Shortages in Texas This Summer Enriched Generators, Crypto Miners
A new plan to prevent another catastrophic blackout has put billions of dollars in the pockets of Texas energy generators and cryptocurrency miners according...
Texans, Prepare For Your Electric Bill To Increase. Again.
Open your electricity bill this month and you might notice that it’s between $15 and $35 higher. That’s the new rate paid to your...
Texas Grid Faces Uncertainties As Winter Approaches
With winter on the horizon, a pressing concern lingers: Is the Texas grid prepared to weather the season ahead? A recent commentary in Forbes...
Texas Power Grid Faces Summer Strain: Looming Blackouts?
In a recent development, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's power grid operator, found itself on the brink of implementing rotating...
ERCOT’s Pleas For Power Savings: Should Texans Get Paid To Conserve Electricity?
Texans' frustration towards the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is increasingly growing, since in the last 11 days they have asked people to...
