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Texas electricity customers and the companies racing to build AI data centers across the state face a high-stakes question: ...

Summer is typically the highest-demand season for the Texas grid as air-conditioning use rises during extended periods of extreme heat. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages about 90 percent of the state’s power, is waving a warning flag: The ...

"We could potentially be solving a national issue on how to do this… reliably, stably," ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas said about the ...

Energy experts are challenging the state grid operator’s jaw-dropping projection for how high electrical demand could rise by 2030, saying that even as Texas faces explosive growth, there is no way ...

Last spring, Texas lawmakers were stunned by a forecast showing statewide demand for electricity nearly doubling in just six years. The state grid operator’s 2025 version of that report is likely to ...

BOULDER, Colo., May 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascend Analytics ("Ascend"), the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the energy supply, announced the publication of its ...

Ascend's ERCOT Market Forecast Report Highlights Shifting Dynamics in Texas, Including the Growing Relationship Between Wind and Scarcity Conditions that are Increasingly Moving into Sunset Hours and ...

Texas’ grid operator raised eyebrows this week when it reported that peak demand on the grid could more than quadruple by 2032. The 2032 peak load forecast of 367,790 megawatts far exceeds the highest ...