Texas has the fastest growing energy storage market in the country, and there are no signs of it slowing down anytime soon.

Texas energy providers, including ERCOT, are enhancing grid reliability and weatherization efforts ahead of winter.

The Texas grid operator’s meteorologist ... demand peaked locally at close to 5,400 megawatts. ERCOT says it takes about 1 megawatt to power 200 Texas homes on an unusually hot or cold day.

ERCOT officials say they expect an overall warm winter in 2025, punctured by an extreme cold event-- and we're heading into it with a slightly higher grid reliability risk compared to last winter.

ERCOT already does this for cryptocurrency miners, paying them to reduce power use when the grid is strained. But regular Texans have had smart meters in their homes and businesses for more than ...

ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas said winter energy demand has increased over the years. This past January, the Texas power grid used a record-breaking 78,349 megawatts. To prevent an overload on the grid ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas told its directors it determined the closure of the Braunig Power Station’s big Unit 3 would put the statewide grid at greater risk of cascading outages.

A major Bitcoin technology company recently purchased a large wind farm in Texas and will subsequently take it off the power grid and use it to energize its mining operations. MARA Holdings Inc ...

But despite potential weather threats, ERCOT is reassuring Texans that the state’s power grid is stronger than in past years. "The Texas legislature imposed requirement on critical power and ...