ERCOT stakeholders, while raising concerns over the grid operator’s use of conservative operations, have endorsed staff’s recommendations for computing minimum ancillary service quantities for 2026.

Texas regulators have selected the first four projects eligible for more than $240 million in grants outside the ERCOT region as part of the state’s Texas Energy Fund.

Russell Gold, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of two books, has joined T1 Energy in its quest to build an integrated domestic supply chain for the solar and battery sector.

NRG Energy closed on a $216 million loan from the Texas Energy Fund that will help it build 456 MW of gas-fired capacity at an existing power plant.

American Electric Power and Xcel Energy say clean energy projects are still a part of their plans, despite the hurdles placed in front of them by the federal government’s budget reconciliation bill.

ERCOT says its Board Selection Committee has tabbed industry veteran Bill Mohl to fill one of three independent director vacancies on its board.

Texas has blown itself a renewable‐energy bubble, spawning so much solar and wind energy that the kind of generation it actually needs sits on the drawing board, says energy consultant Doug Sheridan.

Texas regulators have approved two more system resiliency plans for state utilities with a focus on wildfire mitigation, following up on a requirement from the 2023 legislative session.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled against residents and businesses who sued utilities after the deadly February 2021 winter storm known as Uri, saying they did not adequately prove the companies were intentionally negligent in causing widespread power blackouts.