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Data center demand could drive a 79% increase in ERCOT power prices by 2027.

AI + cloud growth is accelerating energy demand fast.

Energy is no longer just a cost, it’s a strategy.

https://zurl.co/wpYgX

#ERCOT #Energy #Texas #AI #Solar #BatteryStorage

https://www.europesays.com/dk/?p=39139 Habitat Energy to Optimize Ørsted’s 250 MW Battery in Texas #BatteryEnergyStorageSystem #EnergyStorageSystems #ercot #Habitat #Ørsted #Ørsted’sAssetManagementDivision #QSE

Bright and shiny out there, #Texas.

#ERCOT #Solar

ERCOT grid weathers winter storm, energy expert praises federal prep order

Monday’s sunshine proved to be a welcome sight, not just for those who are tired of the snow,…
#Energy #ercot #gregabbott #NorthTexas #powergrid #poweroutage #smu #Texas #winterstorm
https://www.europesays.com/2733692/

We shall see.
#ERCOT

https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2026-01-20/texas-weather-ercot-freeze

As #Texas power demand surges, #solar, #wind and storage carry the load
Together, wind and solar supplied 36% of #ERCOT's total #electricity over those nine months. Solar, in particular, has transformed Texas's daytime energy mix. From June to September, ERCOT solar farms generated an average of 24 gigawatts (GW) between noon and 1 pm -- double the midday output from 2023. That growth has pushed down natural gas use at midday from 50% of the mix in 2023 to 37% this year.
https://electrek.co/2025/10/24/texas-power-demand-surges-solar-wind-and-storage-carry-the-load/

Energy experts speaking at a virtual Reliable Grid Project media briefing Wednesday said renewable power sources are needed to keep up with Texas' growing demand for electricity.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/10/09/532971/renewable-energy-power-storage-key-to-meeting-texas-electricity-demand-panelists-say/

#EnergyEnvironment #Environment #CleanEnergy #Ercot #ReliableGridProject #RenewableEnergy #TexasGrid

A new gas power plant in Baytown from NRG Energy will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money as part of a loan from the state, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/09/26/531996/new-nrg-gas-facility-in-baytown-receives-562-million-state-loan/

#EnergyEnvironment #Local #News #Texas #Ercot #NaturalGasPowerPlants #NrgEnergy #PUCT #TexasEnergyFund

The ongoing travesty of lack of political leadership in Texas. The pattern of inaction is clear - Texas fails to take preventative actions to prepare for disasters. Recent low-lights:

1) 2008, Hurricane Ike hammered the Texas coastline > 100 deaths, ~ 25B in damages. No action on creating a surge barrier in Galveston Bay.

2) 2021, massive winter storm crashed the state’s eccentric power grid leaving ~5M people without heat and more than 200 dead. 4 years later, the state’s electric grid operator, Ercot, is warning another similar storm has an 80% likelihood of rolling blackouts.

3) 2025, Texas hill county floods, > 120 deaths and $Billions in damages. Texas Senate lawmakers killed a statewide initiative to improve emergency alerts with a network of outdoor sirens, a few months prior to the floods in 2025, via bill HB13.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/13/texas-disaster-weather-preparations-us #Texas #Flooding #Hurricanes #SnowStorms #EPA #NOAA #TexasHillCountry #Leadership #Disasters #Ercot #Emergency

Vitis Energy and Enertis Applus+ advance Texas BESS projects https://www.byteseu.com/1162811/ #Battery #BESS #Energy #enertis #EngineeringProcurementConstruction #ercot #qaqc #texas #USA #VitisEnergy

Texas residents and businesses who sued utility companies for cutting power during the 2021 winter storm didn't adequately prove the companies were intentionally negligent in causing widespread blackouts, the Texas Supreme Court ruled.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/court/2025/06/27/525185/texas-supreme-court-partly-sides-with-centerpoint-other-utilities-in-lawsuits-over-2021-winter-storm/

#Business #Court #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #Lawsuits #TexasSupremeCourt #Winter #WinterStormUri2021

Ascend Analytics AI drives Tokyo Gas’ 174MW Texas BESS

Ascend Analytics AI drives Tokyo Gas’ 174MW Texas BESS – Energy-Storage.News
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#Japan #JP #Tokyo #algorithmicoptimisation #ascendanalytics #battery #BESS #ercot #news #optimisation #optimisationsoftware #Texas #TokyoGas #tokyonews #USA #東京 #東京都
https://www.alojapan.com/1307425/ascend-analytics-ai-drives-tokyo-gas-174mw-texas-bess/

Ascend Analytics AI drives Tokyo Gas’ 174MW Texas BESS

Ascend Analytics AI drives Tokyo Gas’ 174MW Texas BESS – Energy-Storage.News
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#Japan #JP #Tokyo #algorithmicoptimisation #ascendanalytics #battery #BESS #ercot #news #optimisation #optimisationsoftware #Texas #TokyoGas #tokyonews #USA #東京 #東京都
https://www.alojapan.com/1307425/ascend-analytics-ai-drives-tokyo-gas-174mw-texas-bess/

https://www.alojapan.com/1307425/ascend-analytics-ai-drives-tokyo-gas-174mw-texas-bess/ Ascend Analytics AI drives Tokyo Gas’ 174MW Texas BESS #AlgorithmicOptimisation #AscendAnalytics #battery #BESS #ercot #news #optimisation #OptimisationSoftware #Texas #Tokyo #TokyoGas #TokyoNews #USA #東京 #東京都 Ascend Analytics AI drives Tokyo Gas’ 174MW Texas BESS – Energy-Storage.News 
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How renewables are saving Texans billions | Hacker News

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Texas electricity maximum renewables record

https://www.gridstatus.io/records/ercot?record=Maximum%20Renewables

#HackerNews #Texas #Renewables #Electricity #Maximum #Record #GridStatus #ERCOT

#ERCOT would get "Kill Switch" for large consumers in bill
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ercot-would-get-a-kill-switch-for-large-consumers-under-bill-tentatively-passed-in-house/ar-AA1FwvAt

Construction is set to begin for a new battery energy storage system in Houston as part of a collaboration between utility company CenterPoint Energy, Irby Construction and SMT Energy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521424/centerpoint-partners-break-ground-on-houston-battery-storage-project/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #BatteryEnergyStorageSystem #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #HoustonPowerOutages #RenewableEnergy #TexasPowerGrid

Construction is set to begin for a new battery energy storage system in Houston as part of a collaboration between utility company CenterPoint Energy, Irby Construction and SMT Energy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521424/centerpoint-partners-break-ground-on-houston-battery-storage-project/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #BatteryEnergyStorageSystem #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #HoustonPowerOutages #RenewableEnergy #TexasPowerGrid

Construction is set to begin for a new battery energy storage system in Houston as part of a collaboration between utility company CenterPoint Energy, Irby Construction and SMT Energy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521424/centerpoint-partners-break-ground-on-houston-battery-storage-project/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #BatteryEnergyStorageSystem #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #HoustonPowerOutages #RenewableEnergy #TexasPowerGrid

Construction is set to begin for a new battery energy storage system in Houston as part of a collaboration between utility company CenterPoint Energy, Irby Construction and SMT Energy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521424/centerpoint-partners-break-ground-on-houston-battery-storage-project/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #BatteryEnergyStorageSystem #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #HoustonPowerOutages #RenewableEnergy #TexasPowerGrid

Construction is set to begin for a new battery energy storage system in Houston as part of a collaboration between utility company CenterPoint Energy, Irby Construction and SMT Energy.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/05/15/521424/centerpoint-partners-break-ground-on-houston-battery-storage-project/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #BatteryEnergyStorageSystem #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #HoustonPowerOutages #RenewableEnergy #TexasPowerGrid

CenterPoint Energy has reached a deal with the state of Texas to absorb the cost of the 15 large, mobile generators it leased, valued at roughly $880 million. The move follows months of intense criticism and negotiation with lawmakers.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/ercot/2025/04/04/517761/centerpoint-agrees-to-absorb-costs-of-mobile-generators-and-cut-rates-for-customers/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #ERCOT #Houston #Hurricane #Infrastructure #Local #News #Politics #Texas #Weather #2025TexasLegislature #CenterPointEnergy #CenterPointGenerators #HurricaneBeryl #PowerOutages #PublicUtilityCommissionOfTexas

Wonder why wind, storage & other climate techs matter in the current climate?

Here's a live view of Texas's electricity mix: wind tops the list, energy storage plays a key role. The second biggest source: solar. (There's a CKI deep-dive for solar, too.)

Wind, solar & batteries don't dominate Texas's grid because of state-level policies & regulations. Quite the opposite.

#ercot #texas #solar #wind #batteries #climate

Houston-based NRG Energy has announced a venture to build four new natural gas power plants in the U.S. to power artificial intelligence data centers, with some slated for Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/05/515340/nrg-energy-announces-plans-for-4-new-natural-gas-plants-to-power-a-i/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #Ercot #NaturalGasPowerPlants #NrgEnergy #TexasEnergyFund

Shell Energy has ended its residential electricity business in Texas less than three years after launch.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/03/03/515134/shell-energy-ends-texas-residential-electricity-business-sells-remaining-customers-to-nrg/

#Business #EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #News #Ercot #NRG #ShellEnergy #ShellEnergySolutions

Overnight temperatures in Houston are forecasted to be in the low 30s on Wednesday and Thursday, while outlying areas could see temps dip into the mid-20s as much of Texas prepares for what could be the last major cold front of the winter season.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2025/02/17/514005/houston-area-to-experience-light-freeze-as-entire-state-braces-for-cold-front/

#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #Weather #Ercot #FreezingTemperatures #HoustonColdFront #HoustonWeather #NationalWeatherService #TexasPowerGrid

There's a chance of rolling blackouts next week because of incoming freezing temperatures in the Houston region and statewide, according to a local energy expert.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/01/17/511262/as-houston-prepares-for-freezing-temperatures-one-energy-expert-says-theres-a-chance-of-rolling-blackouts/

#EnergyEnvironment #ERCOT #Houston #HoustonMatters #Infrastructure #Local #News #Texas #EdHirs #ElectricReliabilityCouncilOfTexas #Ercot #FreezingTemperaturesInHouston #HoustonPowerOutages #WinterStormUri2021

The Greater Houston area will remain under a freeze warning until 9 a.m. Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service. A cold weather advisory warning of freezing wind chills will remain in place until 11 a.m.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2025/01/06/509792/houston-area-freeze-warning-in-place-through-monday-morning-nws-says/

#News #Weather #ArcticBlast #CenterPointEnergy #Ercot #HoustonWeather

Crypto, AI growth could strain North American energy grids: NERC - North America faces energy challenges as cryptocurrency mining and AI da... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-ai-energy-demand-north-america #cryptocurrencymining #gridreliability #renewableenergy #aidatacenters #energydemand #nercreport #ercot

More Texas homebuilders are including blackout protection to brace for potential outages.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/12/10/508356/some-texas-homes-are-building-in-blackout-protection/

#Infrastructure #News #Texas #Ercot #HomeBatteryBackup #TexasPowerGrid #TexasWinterStorm

More Texas homebuilders are including blackout protection to brace for potential outages.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/12/10/508356/some-texas-homes-are-building-in-blackout-protection/

#Infrastructure #News #Texas #Ercot #HomeBatteryBackup #TexasPowerGrid #TexasWinterStorm

More Texas homebuilders are including blackout protection to brace for potential outages.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/12/10/508356/some-texas-homes-are-building-in-blackout-protection/

#Infrastructure #News #Texas #Ercot #HomeBatteryBackup #TexasPowerGrid #TexasWinterStorm

More Texas homebuilders are including blackout protection to brace for potential outages.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/12/10/508356/some-texas-homes-are-building-in-blackout-protection/

#Infrastructure #News #Texas #Ercot #HomeBatteryBackup #TexasPowerGrid #TexasWinterStorm

More Texas homebuilders are including blackout protection to brace for potential outages.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/12/10/508356/some-texas-homes-are-building-in-blackout-protection/

#Infrastructure #News #Texas #Ercot #HomeBatteryBackup #TexasPowerGrid #TexasWinterStorm

Officials from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said that while winter presents a greater risk of outages, new power generation added to the grid has lowered the probability of emergency conditions.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/12/04/507777/grid-operator-says-texas-is-better-prepared-for-extreme-cold-this-winter/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #Texas #Ercot #ERCOTMeteorologist #TexasPowerGrid #WinterStormUri

Texas' energy grid is becoming more reliable now — three years after millions of Texans lost power during a deadly winter storm. But energy experts say the grid still faces challenges as providers transition to clean energy sources.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/10/28/504195/texas-electrical-grid-more-reliable-than-in-2021-when-millions-lost-power-in-winter-storm/

#EnergyEnvironment #News #ElectricityGrid #Energy #Ercot #KERANews #WinterStormUri2021

Gabrielle Gurley takes on the fractured US power grid and the lurching regional attempts to rein in carbon pollution, from RGGI to ERCOT https://prospect.org/environment/2024-10-16-falling-into-climate-disaster/
#uspol #climate #cleanenergy #grid #ercot #rggi #fossilfuels

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will put $360 million toward a project to create a new link between the Texas power grid, which operates independently from its neighbors, and other grids in the Southeast.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/infrastructure/2024/10/09/502358/plan-for-new-link-between-texas-grid-and-neighboring-states-gets-boost-from-the-federal-government/

#EnergyEnvironment #Infrastructure #News #ElectricalGrid #Ercot #KUT #TexasGrid

Bitcoin decentralization is a matter of national security — Auradine CEO - According to CryptoQuant, the current Bitcoin network difficulty is 88.4... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-decentralization-matter-national-security-auradine-ceo #decentralization #nationalsecurity #electricalgrid #bitcoinmining #unitedstates #auradine #bitcoin #energy #china #ercot #asic #btc

California Electricity Mix Live Dashboard
https://www.gridstatus.io/live/caiso
#ycombinator #electrical_grid #real_time #monitoring #data #fuel_mix #load #load_forecast #CAISO #ERCOT #PJM #ISONE #MISO #NYISO #SPP #Location_Marginal_Price #LMP

Protecting The Texas Power Grid From Tropical Cyclones - Increasing Resilience By Protecting Critical Lines
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.13793 <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ERCOT #Texas #infrastructure #powersupply #powergrid #powergrids #electricnetwork #extremeweather #climatechange #cyclone #tropicalcyclones #mitigation #risk #hazard #electricalsecurity #energysupply #energysecurity #poweroutages #poweroutage #USA #globalwarming #model #modeling #probability #probabilistic #wind #failure #transmissionlines #transmissionlines #hurricanes #supplyfailures #supplyshortages #outages