The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, is changing the way it evaluates its transmission capacity to connect data centers, cryptocurrency miners and other "large loads" to the grid.

Texas added nearly 10 gigawatts of solar and battery storage over the last eight months, according to new data presented Tuesday to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT) Board of ...

The Texas power grid is under close watch on Wednesday as ERCOT forecasts a sharp spike in electricity demand — a surge strong enough to potentially break springtime records. According to the grid ...

ODESSA — Texas will need a lot more energy in the future. Driven largely by demand from businesses such as data centers and the oil and gas industry, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the ...

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