ERCOT Issues Power Grid Update

ERCOT Issues Power Grid Update Ahead of Texas Freeze
The state's main electricity operator is confident of avoiding a repeat of the blackouts that hit in 2021 following severe weather.
ERCOT Weather Watch: Here's when Texas power grid energy use is expected to peak
Pablo Vegas, the CEO of Texas grid operator ERCOT, said supply will be lowest compared to demand around 8 a.m. Thursday. However, about 10,000 megawatts of operating reserves will help keep the lights and heat on, even as demand spikes, according to the ERCOT grid and market conditions .
Texas' power grid could fall short of demand by 2026, ERCOT says
Texas' main grid operator has projected that the state's growing demand for power could surpass its available energy supply beginning in summer 2026.
Texas power grid has remained stable amid arctic blast, ERCOT says
An arctic blast has enveloped Texas, plunging temperatures well below freezing in many regions of the state. Despite the extreme cold, the state’s electrical grid operator says it has met the higher demand for electricity.
The Texas grid just served its largest winter power load ever
The Texas power grid served record-breaking wintertime demand for a second-straight day Thursday. Demand on the grid operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas topped 80.5 gigawatts amid sub-freezing temperatures early Thursday. That knocked off an unofficial record of about 79 gigawatts that was set late Thursday morning.
ERCOT issues warning, expects grid to hold ahead of Texas freeze
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued a weather watch Monday for a possible freeze later this week as Gov. Greg Abbott warned Texans to prepare for what could be the "coldest weather event of the year.
‘There is no expectation of an energy emergency,’ ERCOT says before bitterly cold Texas temps
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said Monday that power grid conditions are expected to be normal during an upcoming period of bitterly cold weather coming to Dallas-Fort Worth and other parts of the state.
With freezing temperatures on the way, ERCOT issues Weather Watch
With freezing temperatures in the forecast across the state, ERCOT – the Electric Reliability Council of Texas – has issued a Weather Watch for later this week. The Weather Watch was issued for Wednesday,
ERCOT issues weather watch before temperatures plunge, subzero wind chills in North Texas
ERCOT, the electrical grid operator for most of Texas, issued a weather watch for Wednesday through Friday ahead of what may be the coldest temperatures of the year. The watch was issued “due to extreme cold weather across the ERCOT region,
ERCOT issues Weather Watch for hard freeze expected in Texas this week
The Weather Watch was issued for Wednesday, Feb. 19 through Friday, Feb. 21. ERCOT said because of the cold weather expected across the state, there will be higher electrical demand and the potential for lower reserves.
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