The Public Utility Commission of Texas said Thursday it approved the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, which is designed to expand power grid infrastructure in the oilfield to accommodate rapidly ...

State Rep. Jared Patterson has an idea for easing demand on the Texas power grid while potentially saving schools some money: delay the start of classes until after Labor Day. “It really doesn ...

4 when the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) denied Aegle Power’s loan application for a 1,292-MW combined cycle generating facility in Harlingen—its second-largest shortlisted facility.

HOUSTON — Last September, in the final days of what was then the hottest summer in human history, scorching temperatures threatened to knock out the Texas power grid. As air conditioners around ...

Lawmakers tasked the Public Utility Commission with overseeing the Texas Energy Fund, though the agency has no experience running a loan program. Public Utilities Commission Chairman Thomas ...

Texas’ all-time record for peak power demand is 85.6 gigawatts. Republican lawmakers, in response to the 2021 winter storm, have prioritized encouraging the construction of new, non-weather ...

Texas Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, shared a potential legislative proposal last week to delay the start of the school year until after Labor Day. In a post to his account on X, formerly known ...

Texas Rep. Jared Patterson, R-Frisco, shared a potential legislative proposal last week to delay the start of the school year until after Labor Day. In a post to his account on X, formerly known as ...

At the same time that Bitcoin mining is growing and using enormous amounts of electricity, so is overall demand on the Texas state power grid. In an effort to bolster grid reliability, the Texas ...

Texas-New Mexico Power Co., which manages transmission lines and poles for about has 98,000 metered customers in Galveston County, filed its first system resiliency plan in late August, with a promise ...

Texas has led the nation in renewable energy for decades. We have the most installed wind and utility-scale solar power in the United States, and the independent Texas electric grid carries a ...