Texas Governor Greg Abbott, l, congratulates his colleague Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as the two view the … [+] inaugural parade in downtown Austin. Abbott becomes the 48th Governor of Texas during ce...
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Applied Direct Response — ERCOT Study Shows Bitcoin Mining Is Beneficial to the Texas Grid – Mining Bitcoin News
On Nov. 29, 2022, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) published a report on seasonal assessment and resource adequacy for the ERCOT region. ERCOT’s study indicates that bitcoin mining op...
US Lawmakers Send Inquiry to ERCOT CEO Over Texas Crypto Mining and Its Effects on the So-Called Climate Crisis – Bitcoin News
A number of Democratic U.S. policymakers have written a letter to the CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in order to inquire about the cryptocurrency mining operations in the sta...
NRG-Funded Report Says Texas Ratepayers On Hook For $10.5 Billion Due To Uri, Oklahomans Facing $2.8 Billion In Debt
Transmission towers near the CenterPoint Energy power plant on July 11, 2022 in Houston. Ratepayers … [+] in ERCOT are being saddled with $10.5 billion in debt due to losses utilities incurred d...
Texas Consumers On Hook For $10 Billion In Debt Incurred During Winter Storm Uri
A resident of Fort Worth, Texas pulls a sled on February 17, 2021, after Winter Storm Uri hit the … [+] state. Texas ratepayers are now on the hook for some $10 billion in debt incurred by utili...
Why Everyone Is Talking About The Texas Electric Grid
AUSTIN, TX – JUNE 08: Texas State Senator Charles Schwertner speaks during a press conference where … [+] Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at the Capitol on June 8, 2021 in...
ERCOT tells Texans to curb power use as extreme heat strains the grid
A transmission tower is seen on July 11, 2022 in Houston, Texas. ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) is urging Texans to voluntarily conserve power today, due to extreme heat potentially cau...
The Yeoman Nature Of Small Utilities Exemplified By Rayburn
The Freestone Energy Center, a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant, is partly owned by … [+] Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc. Calpine Electric utilities don’t say no to new h...
It Already Feels Like August In Texas, At Least Where The Grid’s Concerned
HOUSTON, TEXAS – May 13: Power-lines are shown on June 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. The Electric … [+] Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which controls approximately 90% of the power in...
CPS Energy’s Garza Is Tailor-Made For Challenges Of San Antonio
Engineer with political skill: Rudy Garza, interim president and CEO of San Antonio-based CPS … [+] Energy. CPS Energy Rudy Garza, the interim president and CEO of Greater San Antonio’s CPS Ener...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Pressed Grid Operator To Keep Prices At $9,000 Per Megawatt-Hour During Crisis
Bill Magness, president and chief executive officer of Electric Reliability Council of Texas … [+] (ERCOT), speaks during the 2018 CERAWeek conference in Houston. Photographer: Aaron M. Sprecher...
ERCOT Market Design, Subsidies For Renewables, ‘Fails To Adequately Pay For Reliable’ Generation
A pedestrian walks through the snow in McKinney, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. … [+] Photographer: Cooper Neill/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Many reports have been published a...
Texas’ Rayburn Electric Is First Co-op To Securitize Uri Debt; Still Expected To Sue
David Naylor, Rayburn CEO, signs off on Winter Storm Uri bond. Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc. The week of Feb. 7 history was made in Rockwall, Texas. But there was no jubilation: No hats w...
Texans Breathe Sighs Of Relief As ERCOT Power Grid Passes Winter Test
Young sister throwing snow ball at brother in backyard during winter weather. getty It wasn’t last year’s Winter Storm Uri, but residents all over Texas are breathing sighs of relief anyway Saturday m...
‘It’s Like Russian Weather Roulette’
Irving, Texas, Feb. 3. 2022. Getty Images It’s chilly in Texas, forecast to get down to 27 degrees in Houston and into the teens in Dallas. Some freezing rain fell today, contributing to downed power ...
Texas Electric Grid Survives Recent Cold Snap
AUSTIN, TX – JUNE 08: (L-R) State Rep. Chris Paddie, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and State Senator … [+] Kelly Hancock attend a press conference where Abbott signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at ...