Power Grid

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.

The company CirclesX says it can prove widespread natural gas market manipulation. So far, its case has gained no traction in court.

As energy demand surges, largely due to crypto mining facilities, data centers and industrial electrification, Texas officials are looking at how to increase supply and shore up the grid.

Things like generators and microgrids are on the rise because of electricity reliability concerns in the state. For low- and middle-income Texans, a new and expanding lending program is also helping ready them for the strains of a changing climate.

After a statewide blackout in 2021 and a massive Austin outage in 2023, cold weather means energy anxiety for many in Texas.

Analysts say the country will burn a lot more natural gas in the coming years to meet soaring electricity demand, potentially locking in decades of heat-trapping emissions.

Microgrids generate and supply their own power in tandem with the grid and work as a backup option in case extreme weather knocks out power.

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.

Energy experts say Texas' grid is more reliable than it was three years ago — when a massive winter storm knocked out power to millions. But there are still challenges.