electricity demand

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…

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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…

1 week 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…

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks 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…

1 month 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…

2 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…

2 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…

4 months ago

Greg Abbott Celebrates Opening of The Pin Oak Power Plant

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced the opening of the Constellation Pin Oak peaking power plant, a new energy facility…

5 months ago