Tag: Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
ERCOT asks Texas homes to reduce energy usage this weekend
With unseasonably hot weather conditions expected this weekend across Texas and demands for electricity to increase, ERCOT is asking residents to conserve energy this weekend.
Power moves: Electricity providers prepare for cold front
With the arrival of frigid temperatures in the Rio Grande Valley on Thursday and Friday, electricity providers in the area are making preparations to...
Region to get power upgrade; Lower Valley improving lines, more
Electricity transmission service to the Lower Rio Grande Valley’s electric is in line for major improvements in coming years according to a plan for...
FERC: Texas ‘short-sighted’ about power; Report details grid’s needs
By DAVID KOENIG, Associated Press
DALLAS — Federal officials made more than two dozen recommendations Thursday aimed at further safeguarding power plants and natural gas...
LETTERS: Electric grid mismanaged
Gov. Abbott finally made it clear with his own recent orders that, despite the best advice available, his Republican government, for at least the...
Regulators: Texans not expected to lose power rest of the summer
By Mitchell Ferman | The Texas Tribune
Texas electricity regulators on Thursday told the public that their electricity should likely stay on through the rest...
Valley is a priority: ‘Underserved’ area part of council’s plan
The Rio Grande Valley figures largely in a plan developed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to make the state’s grid more reliable...
Abbott orders utility commission to shore up Texas power grid
Philip Jankowski Austin American-Statesman
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday demanded that the Texas Public Utility Commission take immediate action to shore up...
Windless days spell trouble; BPUB chief IDs grid weakness
The National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley station on Monday issued an excessive heat warning for deep South Texas, which means peak electricity demand...
Analysis: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott feels the heat
By Ross Ramsey | The Texas Tribune
It’s so hot. So humid. And so hard to change the subject when Texans are worried about whether...