electricity demand

ERCOT Gas Generation Queue Surges 85% as Texas Data Center Demand Grows

Natural gas generation capacity in ERCOT's interconnection queue rose 85.5% over the past year, reaching 81,033.87 megawatts in September 2026,…

24 hours ago

Texas Grid Meets Record Power Demand as Clean Energy Gains Ground

Texas' electricity grid weathered a record-breaking summer as renewable energy supplied a growing share of power, according to a new…

2 weeks ago

Entergy Texas Brings 1,215 MW Power Plant Online

Entergy Texas has placed its Orange County Advanced Power Station into service, adding 1,215 megawatts of generating capacity as electricity…

3 weeks ago

Greg Abbott Announces Texas Energy Fund Loan for 452 MW West Texas Power Plant

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced the ninth Texas Energy Fund loan for a 452-megawatt natural gas power plant in Reeves…

4 weeks ago

Sid Miller Blasts Abbott's Data Center Crackdown as 'Smoke and Mirrors'

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) is criticizing Gov. Greg Abbott's response to the state's data center boom, calling the…

1 month ago

Xcel Proposes Texas Tariff to Make Data Centers Pay Grid Costs

Xcel Energy has asked the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to approve a new large-load tariff to ensure that…

1 month ago

Houston Battery Project Begins Operations as ERCOT Demands Hit Records

SMT Energy and FlexGen have begun operations at a 160MW/MWh battery storage facility in Houston as Texas' power grid faces…

2 months ago

Donald Trump Calls Texas Data Center Restrictions a 'Mistake' as Greg Abbott Audits Projects

President Donald Trump (R) criticized Texas' growing scrutiny of data center development, calling opposition to the projects a "mistake" as…

3 months ago

Greg Abbott Orders Audit of Data Centers Before Grid Connections

Governor Greg Abbott (R) has ordered a comprehensive audit of data center projects seeking to connect to the Texas power…

3 months ago

Solar Energy Produces More Electricity Than Coal For First Time

A new report from Ember showed that the amount of electricity generated through solar power surpassed coal for the first…

5 months ago