This month, electricity customers on the ERCOT grid used a whopping 85,435 megawatts - a 7% jump from the highest-demand day last year. That difference represents enough power for 1 million homes ...

ERCOT has already set several records for peak demand this summer. On Aug. 7, peak demand was at 84,029 megawatts, unofficially breaking records set on Aug. 1, July 31, July 18, July 17 and ...

Last Thursday, ERCOT, which serves about 90% of Texas, issued a statement, saying the celestial event will impact the output of photovoltaic generation resources from about 10:15 a.m. to 1:40 p.m ...

If safe to do so, ERCOT is asking residents to, again, conserve electricity use from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. CT. If electricity is not conserved, ERCOT will potentially enter emergency operations.

ERCOT said the request was precautionary and that it didn’t expect rolling blackouts to be necessary. In addition, ERCOT had not declared the initial stage of an energy emergency as of late ...

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