ERCOT

A report from the Texas Reliability Entity shows that the ERCOT grid is increasingly reliable. And that’s mostly because of solar and battery storage additions to the state’s energy portfolio. That directly contradicts President Trump’s Department of Energy. Also, at the summer heat comes back, ERCOT expects to approach record peak demand this week. And the state’s booming solar and storage will keep the power on—just as GOP politics takes aim at renewables.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with senior research engineer Jonathan Snodgrass at Texas A&M University about the safety of power grids after three countries in Europe experienced blackouts.

Temperatures across the state should rise into the 70s by next week.

ERCOT has said that Texans will be better off than we were last winter, but that doesn’t mean blackouts are off the table.

A home builder and an electricity retailer are partnering to install backup power batteries in new homes as Texans brace for potential outages this winter.

Despite an August of brutal heat, Texans have not been asked to conserve electricity like they were last year.

Electricity demand is increasing with rising temperatures, but it’s still maintenance season for power plants, causing a supply crunch.

Amid hotter-than-expected weather, the state’s grid regulator wants plants online and available to supply electricity to meet increased demand.

Dallas Morning News Watchdog columnist Dave Lieber reports power lines would go through Louisiana to partially connect Texas’ ERCOT grid with power sources in Mississippi.

The grid operator said it's expecting electricity supply to be tight and asked Texans to conserve energy between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.