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Texas Supreme Court Rules ERCOT is Immune From Lawsuits Over 2021 Deadly Winter Storm

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has sovereign immunity from lawsuits. In a split decision, the Supreme Court ruled that ERCOT qualifies as a government entity and cannot be sued for Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, which left millions of Texans without power for days and…


Acciona Energía Purchases Largest Battery Energy Storage Project in Texas

Acciona Energía has acquired the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Texas. On Tuesday, the Spain-based renewable energy operator announced its agreement with Qcells USA Corp., a subsidiary of the South Korean industrial group Hanwha Corporation, to purchase the 190-megawatt storage facility project known as Cunningham. “We have been working on battery storage…


Texas Lawmakers Ask Public Utility Commission to Put the Brakes on Power Market Redesign

Texas lawmakers want to put the brakes on the overhaul of the state’s power grid until the Legislature can review and evaluate the proposal. In a bipartisan letter on Friday to the Public Utility Commission (PUC), state senators addressed concerns over the PUC’s recently released report, titled “Assessment of Market Reform Options to Enhance Reliability…


Texas Power Use to Hit Record as Temperatures Soar

Power demand in Texas is set to break its all-time record this week, testing the resilience of the grid after generation issues this year and a days-long blackout during a deep freeze in 2021. Extreme weather is increasingly straining power grids across the United States, and regulators are predicting record heat and drought this summer…


Texas Power Plants Ready for Winter, Grid Says Ahead of Cold Snap

Nearly all of Texas’ electric generation units and transmission facilities have passed the state’s new winterization rules, the state grid reported just before the expected coldest day so far this winter hits the West Texas Permian oil and natural gas producing area on Thursday. Extreme cold in Texas, which caused power plants and gas pipes…


Grid Operator Urges Texans to Conserve Electricity Until June 18

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the Lone Star state’s grid operator, asked Texans on Monday to limit their electricity use as much as possible through Friday, citing tight grid conditions caused by a large number of unexpected shutdowns of generators and heightened electricity use in the state. Texans are being asked by ERCOT in…


Texas Governor Signs Bills to Improve State’s Power Grid, Reform ERCOT

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills into law on Tuesday to weatherize and improve the reliability of the state’s power grid, and reform the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the organization that oversees the power grid, after a brutal February winter storm left millions without power and killed dozens of people. “During the winter storm,…


Abbott Signs Bills to Improve Texas Power Grid, Reform ERCOT

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills into law on Tuesday to weatherize and improve the reliability of the state’s power grid, and reform the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the organization that oversees the power grid, after a brutal February winter storm left millions without power and killed dozens of people. “During the winter storm,…


Texas Energy Council, Entergy Accused of Gross Negligence Leading to Boy’s Death in New Lawsuit

The Texas organization in charge of energy and Entergy, a utility company, are being blamed for a teenager’s death amid recent snowstorms in the southern state. Cristian Pineda, 11, was found dead last week in his family’s Houston home after they, along with millions of other households, according to a new lawsuit. The family tried…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Feb. 19)

The Texas Governor is calling on state lawmakers to force power plants to winterize their facilities. It’s to prevent blackouts like we’ve seen this week from happening again. A New York City waitress gets fired for holding off on the vaccine, so what’s her concern? Facebook is facing backlash after it blacks out news media…