Help May Be On The Way For Texas’ Power Grid
As most Texans know, Mother Nature can be severe at times. February 2011 was brutally cold, and ERCOT had to resort to rolling blackouts across the state for several days because our electricity...
View ArticleWill Texas Switch To A Capacity Market For Electricity?
Texas electricity officials are considering a switch to a “capacity market” as a way to solve the state’s pending supply and demand imbalance. Under a capacity market, producers of electricity are...
View ArticleTexas Tops States in Grid Modernization
Texas ranks at the top of 41 states for the modernization of its electricity grid. This is according to a report released by a group called Gridwise Alliance in conjunction with the Smart Grid Policy...
View ArticleLack Of Water Still A Concern For Texas Electricity Grid
Water scarcity continues to be a concern for the Texas electricity grid. In the United States, energy production is responsible for about half of the water use across the country. Plants that produce...
View ArticleInfrastructure Upgrades Mean Texas No Longer Wasting Wind Power
According to a report by the Energy Information Administration, curtailments of wind generated electricity in Texas have dropped steadily and substantially since 2011 thanks mostly to the state’s...
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