Sightings of black bears in West Texas have jumped from nearly 80 in 2020 to at least 130 this year, the Texas Standard ...

Dec. 12—AUSTIN — The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) took action Thursday to further strengthen grid reliability and provide residential consumers an opportunity to save on their electricity ...

AUSTIN The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) on Thursday approved a new rule establishing the Texas Energy Fund (TEF) Outside of ERCOT Grant Program (OEGP). The program will provide grants to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Public Utility Commission of Texas voted this week to adopt a reliability standard for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, following legislation that was filed in ...

When Texas sees too much energy demand and not enough power, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) typically has to implement rolling blackouts. Hirs said this could lead to risks on the ...

A South Texas utility company announced a first-in-Texas partnership with Elon Musk's Tesla through the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. The "landmark partnership" makes Guadalupe Valley ...

Texas faces elevated winter grid risk as demand from AI data centers and population growth surges. ERCOT says the grid has improved since 2021, but a single severe cold snap could still strain ...

Texans made it through a record-setting August heatwave without the state’s grid operator calling for conservation or declaring an emergency, but that doesn’t mean the grid is fixed. Complacency is ...

Source: Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons license. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) this week said a recent study of the natural gas system in the northeast U.S. highlights ...

Texas’ electric grid will be connected to Louisiana and Mississippi through a new privately built transmission line subsidized by federal money. The Southern Spirit line, which is receiving $360 ...