Tag: Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)

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.

With the arrival of frigid temperatures in the Rio Grande Valley on Thursday and Friday, electricity providers in the area are making preparations to...

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...

By DAVID KOENIG, Associated Press DALLAS — Federal officials made more than two dozen recommendations Thursday aimed at further safeguarding power plants and natural gas...

Gov. Abbott finally made it clear with his own recent orders that, despite the best advice available, his Republican government, for at least the...

By Mitchell Ferman | The Texas Tribune Texas electricity regulators on Thursday told the public that their electricity should likely stay on through the rest...

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...

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...

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...

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...