Hurricane Laura caused extensive damage in East Texas. ________________________________________________ Although it made landfall outside the state, Hurricane Laura knocked out power for hundreds of thousand customers within Texas and wreaked havoc on the local...
ERCOT Predicts Sufficient Power Supplies for Fall, Winter. ________________________________________________ The supply of electricity in Texas this fall and winter should more than keep up with demand, according to recently released reports from ERCOT, the...
Energy consumption in June struck a level nearly 1 percent higher than consumption recorded during June last year ________________________________________________ Electricity consumption and renewable energy are up this summer — those are two take-away findings from a...
The proposed wind generators are to be in Oklahoma, but can supply adjoining states. ________________________________________________ A proposal to add 810 megawatts of wind energy that would serve customers in East Texas along with customers in other states has...
The report noted that real-time energy prices generally increased as energy supplies becomes tighter, a sign of a well-functioning market. ________________________________________________ The state’s primary wholesale power market performed well last year, with...
Almost 90 percent of surveyed cities more than doubled their total installed solar photovoltaic capacity between 2013 and 2019. ________________________________________________ Austin, San Antonio and Houston were among Texas cities to significantly increase...
