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Recipe for a reliable Texas grid: A gas plant plus 22,000 batteries and backup fuel

GRANBURY, Texas — This is what modern reliability looks like on the Texas grid.

Tribune News Service

Too much of a good thing for Texas? Uncle Sam’s pumping up wind, solar and batteries

Texas may be a fossil-fuel capital, but wind and solar power have been dominating the growth in electricity generation, and storage batteries are coming on fast.

Tribune News Service

Pablo Vegas, a utility executive in Ohio, named ERCOT’s new CEO

The state power grid operator has been run by an interim chief since the previous CEO was fired following the deadly 2021 winter storm that crashed much of the grid.

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“He has total veto power”: Greg Abbott takes control over who will lead Texas’ troubled power grid, sources say

Locked in a potentially tight reelection race and facing criticism over the grid’s 2021 collapse, the governor is exerting unprecedented influence over what the state grid operator shares with the public — and who will be its next CEO.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ grid holds up amid a brutal heat wave and record demand. But at what price?

DALLAS — After a 2021 winter storm shut down much of the Texas grid and killed at least 246, there was a reckoning in Austin.

Tribune News Service

Why the Texas grid causes the High Plains to turn off its wind turbines

While wind farms in the region could help power and lower energy costs for at least 9 million homes, significant infrastructure upgrades would be needed to supply electricity from the region to other parts of the state.

The Texas Tribune

Energy Advocates Urge Biden to Declare Climate Emergency

Intervention by the federal government could protect Gulf Coast "sacrifice zones" while keeping the power on amid record temperatures.

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John M. Crisp: Living on the electrical edge in Texas

A few nights ago the light in my office flickered several times then blinked out. I overreacted: “Well, there goes the grid,” I thought.

Tribune News Service

In Texas’ grid-testing heat wave, what if your home could power itself?

Stepping into Priya and Imran Vithani’s home feels like opening up a magazine.

Tribune News Service

Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power 2.3 million homes

Two proposed wind farms off the Texas and Louisiana coasts would join offshore oil drilling rigs in the gulf as the Biden administration tries to boost the country’s clean energy supply.

The Texas Tribune

As a heat wave blankets much of the U.S., utilities are managing to keep up, for now

Earlier this year, there had been warnings that supply during peak summer hours might not meet demand. But there have been no reports yet of widespread outages.

WEKU

New model for Texas power grid is working, and Texans are paying for it

Making sure Texans’ air conditioning and heat stay on during extreme temperature swings is coming at a potentially hefty cost to consumers — $1.5 billion this year.

Tribune News Service

How to know the difference between a local power outage and rolling blackouts

Power outages are a possibility during any severe weather event. But a local power outage is different from a larger power grid problem.

The Texas Tribune

Limiting crypto helped the Texas power grid weather a heat wave

Cryptocurrency mining requires huge amounts of electricity, prompting concerns over the industry’s environmental impact — and whether the state’s grid can keep up.

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For Lubbock residents, conserving energy to prevent mass outages is a new thing to navigate

Until last year, Lubbock residents didn’t get electricity from the main power grid operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Now, many residents are getting used to requests to limit electricity consumption.

The Texas Tribune

Still wary of the electric grid’s reliability, some Texans complied with ERCOT’s requests to conserve power this week

As extreme weather becomes increasingly frequent, Texans said the power grid operator’s calls to conserve energy were a reminder the state still struggles to keep up with the growing power demand.

Tribune News Service

Texas power grid operator issues 2nd conservation alert this week

DALLAS — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued a conservation appeal for Wednesday as triple-digit temperatures continue to hit the state. It is the second time this week that the power grid operator has asked Texans and businesses to voluntarily conserve electricity.

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Bitcoin miners pause operations in Texas to curb blackouts

For miners eating the cost of a massive crypto nosedive, the temporary pause may actually be welcome.

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Texas avoids blackouts under ERCOT conservation alert with more 100-degree weather to come

AUSTIN, Texas — Sky-high heat prompted Texas’ grid operator to call on people across the state to conserve electricity as the state's electricity system was pushed to near emergency conditions Monday.

The Guardian - US

Texans urged to save energy as extreme heatwave strains power grid

Electricity demand expected to surpass supply as temperatures hit triple digits, shattering records

Axios

Texas risks summer blackouts with broiling 100 degree days

The Texas power grid operator is asking people to conserve electricity this week.

Tribune News Service

‘We’re in trouble’: Electric rates in Texas have surged over 70% as summer kicks in

There’s no escaping rising oil prices. They’ve driven up the cost of gasoline, and the higher expense registers every time people fill up the tank.

Tribune News Service

Amid heat, power grid operator asks Texans to conserve electricity on Monday afternoon

The operator of the major power grid in Texas asked people in the state to conserve electricity on Monday during a period when it expects a record high demand.

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: The Texas Rangers’ 2022 MVP is not Corey Seager; it’s air conditioning

ARLINGTON, Texas — On behalf of all critics of the Texas Rangers’ needlessly pressing Arlington tax payers for a new stadium when a perfectly good one was in working order, we propose the following amendment:

The Texas Tribune

Texas grid operator urges electricity conservation as heat wave drives up demand

The state’s grid operator asked that Texans voluntarily reduce their power use on Monday as the blistering heat continues — and said no rolling blackouts are expected this week.

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