ERCOT /tags/ercot ERCOT en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:01:00 GMT An arctic blast is heading to the Austin area. Here's what you need to know. /energy-environment/2025-02-18/austin-tx-arctic-blast-freezing-weather-extreme-cold-temperatures The overnight windchill could put people and pets at risk of hypothermia. Plants and pipes will need to be protected as temperatures drop below freezing. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2025-02-18/austin-tx-arctic-blast-freezing-weather-extreme-cold-temperatures Maya Fawaz On anniversary of Texas blackouts, ERCOT forecasts potential energy shortages in coming years /energy-environment/2025-02-14/texas-electric-grid-blackouts-winter-storm-energy-power-plants Experts were skeptical of a report from the Texas grid operator showing the state could run short of power by 2026. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:01:40 GMT /energy-environment/2025-02-14/texas-electric-grid-blackouts-winter-storm-energy-power-plants Mose Buchele Worried about power outages in Texas during this winter storm? Here's what to know. /energy-environment/2025-01-20/austin-tx-winter-weather-freeze-ercot-power-outages After a statewide blackout in 2021 and a massive Austin outage in 2023, cold weather means energy anxiety for many in Central Texas. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:10:30 GMT /energy-environment/2025-01-20/austin-tx-winter-weather-freeze-ercot-power-outages Mose Buchele Winter storm warning for Austin: What to know about schools, roads, the grid and more /energy-environment/2025-01-20/austin-tx-weather-temperature-school-closed-arctic-blast-freeze-winter-storm-texas The Austin area is expected to get 1-2 inches of a wintry mix of snow and sleet on Monday and Tuesday. Austin ISD and other local school districts have announced closures for Tuesday. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT /energy-environment/2025-01-20/austin-tx-weather-temperature-school-closed-arctic-blast-freeze-winter-storm-texas Katy McAfee More Texas homebuilders are including blackout protection to brace for potential outages /energy-environment/2024-12-10/more-texas-homebuilders-are-including-blackout-protection-to-brace-for-potential-outages A home builder and an electricity retailer are partnering to install backup power batteries in new homes as Texans brace for potential outages this winter. Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:18:45 GMT /energy-environment/2024-12-10/more-texas-homebuilders-are-including-blackout-protection-to-brace-for-potential-outages Elizabeth Trovall Plan for new link between Texas grid and neighboring states gets boost from the federal government /energy-environment/2024-10-08/plan-for-new-link-between-texas-grid-and-neighboring-states-gets-boost-from-the-federal-government The Southern Spirit Transmission project would allow limited energy to flow between the Texas grid and neighboring grids. Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:23:05 GMT /energy-environment/2024-10-08/plan-for-new-link-between-texas-grid-and-neighboring-states-gets-boost-from-the-federal-government Mose Buchele As dangerous heat grips Texas, solar power and batteries keep the electric grid humming along /energy-environment/2024-08-21/heat-ercot-texas-electric-grid-solar-power-batteries Despite an August of brutal heat, Texans have not been asked to conserve electricity like they were last year. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 20:52:25 GMT /energy-environment/2024-08-21/heat-ercot-texas-electric-grid-solar-power-batteries Mose Buchele AI could strain Texas power grid this summer /energy-environment/2024-06-21/ai-texas-ercot-grid-conditions-artificial-intelligence-crypto Power grid anxiety is nothing new in Texas. But a surge in artificial intelligence data centers is posing a new challenge to an already fragile energy system. Fri, 21 Jun 2024 19:20:39 GMT /energy-environment/2024-06-21/ai-texas-ercot-grid-conditions-artificial-intelligence-crypto Mose Buchele More than 80% of electricity on the Texas grid was carbon-free at one point Sunday /energy-environment/2024-02-26/more-than-80-of-electricity-on-the-texas-grid-was-carbon-free-at-one-point-sunday The massive share of renewable energy on the grid is a positive sign for efforts to combat climate change. It will become ever-more common as solar, wind and battery-storage facilities are added. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 19:20:20 GMT /energy-environment/2024-02-26/more-than-80-of-electricity-on-the-texas-grid-was-carbon-free-at-one-point-sunday Mose Buchele Texas Supreme Court hears arguments on the high price of electricity during the 2021 blackouts /energy-environment/2024-01-30/texas-supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-the-high-price-of-electricity-during-the-2021-blackouts In oral arguments on Tuesday, the Texas Supreme Court was asked not to decide whether regulators made the right call, but whether they acted within their authority when they set energy prices to the max. Tue, 30 Jan 2024 23:13:37 GMT /energy-environment/2024-01-30/texas-supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-the-high-price-of-electricity-during-the-2021-blackouts Mose Buchele