by R.A. Dyer | Sep 27, 2024 | ERCOT
How much power will artificial intelligence facilities consume over the long term? How should the state’s principal grid operator handle that demand? Will enough generation show up to meet it? The ERCOT organization and state regulators continue grappling with these...
by R.A. Dyer | Sep 26, 2024 | News Roundup
Houston Chronicle: CenterPoint calls $800 million generators a good deal. Internal emails, court records raise doubt Sept. 24 — Two months after CenterPoint Energy’s response to Hurricane Beryl caused a swarm of outrage — especially over its $800 million fleet of...
by R.A. Dyer | Aug 28, 2024 | News Roundup
Houston Public Media: Two more deaths attributed to Hurricane Beryl as Houston-area death toll rises to 38 Aug. 28 —The majority of deaths occurred in Harris County and one of the victims succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning due to running a generator inside. —...
by R.A. Dyer | Aug 14, 2024 | Electricity, ERCOT
Interested parties now have submitted 19 sets of responses to staff questions about the proposed Reliability Plan for the Permian Basin, which could be adopted by the PUC in September. ________________________________________________ On July 25, 2004, ERCOT filed with...
by TCCFUI | Jul 22, 2024 | News Roundup
Dallas Observer: Texas Leads Country in Weather-Related Power Outages, Study Finds July 22 — Texas’ 210 weather-related power outages resulted from severe weather, hurricanes, winter storms and extreme heat. — Keep Reading Forbes: New Report Says ERCOT...