The natural gas facility, to be located at NRG's Cedar Bayou campus in Baytown, will be built under the state's Jobs, Energy, ...

Texas is fast becoming America’s AI power base. As gigawatt-scale data centers chase cheap energy and quick permits, the Lone ...

This summer’s record-breaking heat around the country has exposed a major vulnerability in the U.S. economy: our outdated electricity grid. From factory slowdowns to data center outages, the cost of ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas largely predicts that the state will not see any power emergencies this winter, although models indicate that grid conditions could become tight if a winter ...

In Reality Check stories, Star-Telegram journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. As summer heats up and ...

As companies look to build projects that consume more power than cities, the state’s grid manager is trying to plan how to provide enough electricity to meet the demand.

(Bloomberg) — Pablo Vegas, the chief executive officer of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, said he’s doing everything possible to ward off the threat of blackouts this winter as power ...

Texas recently revised estimates of how much capacity its grid will need, citing demand from AI and bitcoin mining. The political climate towards these two industries is souring because of increased ...

The oil and gas sector in Texas is struggling. Skyrocketing power demands of the data center boom could be a lifeline.